Features
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Popularity:
#7 in Spyware Removers (out of 563 products)
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
1,414,020
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
August 10, 2008
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Publisher's description of Spyware Terminator
Spyware Terminator includes Real-Time Protection, HIPS, and antivirus. Effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers, and malware threats even dangerous threats like Look2Me, BetterInternet, VX2, and CWS. Spyware Terminator is easy-to-use, requires minimal PC resources, and performs ultra fast scans. Protect your computer with powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and safe quarantine for found spyware. Scan your computer manually or schedule full system sweeps. Perform in-depth scans of your computer's hard drives, memory, process, registry and cookies to seek out and remove all known spyware threats. Includes optional Web Security Guard which displays website reviews and threat level to help identify potentially dangerous Web sites.
Version 2.3.0.487 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Editor's review of Spyware Terminator
4.0 stars
- "Terminate spyware"
This spyware scanner and removal tool does the job, but enabling some functions may cause slight slowdowns and it's not ready for Vista.
Spyware Terminator's crisp, clean interface uses simple buttons and tabs to operate and set options. The latest spyware signatures are automatically downloaded, and the real-time protection keeps baby-sitting to a minimum. Real-time protection monitors key spyware types and Windows objects, though slight system slowdowns depend on your machine. Those features and the simple scheduler will make this app appealing to novices.
Advanced users will appreciate Spyware Terminator's flexibility. Setting the sensitivity of various scans is as easy as moving a slider. Experienced users will want to enable the built-in antivirus tool, which extends the power of real-time analysis by comparing program code against a database of known viruses, Trojans, and worms.
From set-it-and-forget-it users to those delving into virus code, all will find Spyware Terminator flexible, simple, and effective, key measures of a good antispyware tool.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1093 votes
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.487
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.487
Pros: I really do not know as of yet as to how powerful this program is in comparision to "Super Antispyware" for instance. CNet nagged me for a review so here it is. The program installed fine and also ran fine on my test computer. What I liked best is the "Report" feature. I found it best to expand the interface to full screen to better view the reports. Watching it work on a "full system scan" while I am typing this review (On my other monitor), it appears to work very fast. The GUI is simple, nice and easy to use. No instruction book needed here. Thats great for a utility! If I could just discover how powerful this program is, I could give it 5 stars. Perhaps in the future after I try it on some very tough computers.
Cons: When I set it to a full scan, I kept pressing the scan button in the upper left corner, but nothing happened. Then I noticed in the lower right corner there was a scan button (Stupid Me). ;-0
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.487
Pros: Fast, Effective, Comes with on demand scanner free, Clamwin Antivirus included, Works well with Vista, Very nice layout and design. Highly reccomend it.
Cons: None that I can think of.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.487
Pros: Smooth work
Cons: Nothing specific
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.3.0.487
Pros: The real time shield is great, I have tried windows defender, avast, which slows you down..Spysweeper, Mcaffe .. I really like this one.
Cons: Hip is a bit much
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