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License:
Free
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Downloads:
22,585
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
November 23, 2008
Publisher's description of Advanced System Protector Personal Edition
From Systweak:Advanced System Protector is a solution to detect and remove the malicious programs intruding your computer. It offers protection against deceptive applications that affect start-up programs, cookies, Registry entries, and files and folders to hide themselves in your system. Check for infections in all vulnerable areas and safeguard your hard work and personal data.
With the vast database of spyware detections you can efficiently control low-risk annoying pop-up adverts to high-risk infections that can steal confidential data to severe-risk malware that can even format your system in stealth mode. Advanced System Protector scans for Spyware, Adware, Malware, Riskware, Key Loggers, Trojans, Sniffers, BHOs, Exploits, Worms, Monitoring Programs and the type. It tracks all the infections present on your system, shows severity of every infection found, removes all the malicious entries and protects your data from prying eyes. It further provides complete protection by blocking the programs you suspect. In addition to all these features, you can schedule the program to scan your system automatically. The Personal Edition of Advanced System Protector does not provide real-time protection. That feature is only available in the Pro Edition.
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Editor's review of Advanced System Protector Personal Edition
4.0 stars
- "Pretty protection"
This spyware remover looks good, offering security fundamentals but its efficacy is hard to judge on a clean or already-secure system. Advanced System Protector aims to rid your machine of spyware and malware, and it's generally a pretty thing to watch. The interface has a classy bar of tabs across the top, although the central pane feels a bit cluttered by deviating from the design scheme with a big, green Start Scan Now button.
Below that there are three choices for the type of scan: Quick, Deep, and Custom. The Quick scan took about 23 minutes, while the Custom scan lets you opt out of Cookies, Memory, Registry, and Files and Folders, or select specific folders and files to toss in the pot. Advanced System Protector is sensitive enough to pick up tracking cookies, although there didn't seem to be a method for fine-tuning that. The scheduler was surprisingly impressive, allowing for scans daily, once, and variations in-between. You can configure the program to run at startup, to update definition files automatically, and create a whitelist of files to never scan.
However, Advanced System Protector lacks an integrated antivirus component, which more and more solo malware battlers are now building in from the get-go. The real-time shields components are also kept behind a deadbolt unless you upgrade to the paid version. Overall, program runs well for what it can do and shouldn't be hard to use.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 57 votes
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Version: Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0
"Not as good as other apps, lots of false positives..."
Pros: Free, execution scanner (almost like having active protection)
Cons: Not a TRULY free product, lots of nag windows and obvious deactivations; LOTS of false positives (for the makers to be Microsoft parters, they tag a lot of system files and updates as spyware), even tagged clean install of ATI drivers as virus!
Summary: Lavasoft Ad-Aware and MalwareBytes are WAY better. Plus this has too many nag screens asking you to buy it instead of just trying to be a good security tool. It looks too much like spyware itself!
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Version: Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0
"Product is esay to use with updated definitions."
Pros: It is user friendly.
Cons: I did not face any problem with this lovely product. The support provided full satisfaction.
Summary: Product has a very good interface it finds all the adware and malware. It does not show any false positive as the other Antispyware show. It is the new product but better then all the Antispyware i have used. I have never faced any problem schedulin... read more >>
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Version: Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0
"Software has significant unresolved problems"
Pros: Seemed to install smoothly.
Cons: Unable to prevent auto start of software at system start up plus it crashed a Windows XP Home system.
Summary: This software is a bit buggy.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0
Pros: not many!! ehh, umm. ehh, it looks good!!!
Cons: its power hungry, no realtime protection, suspicious results.
Summary: i really find this whole program strange!!! after installing it, i did a full scan. it found "27" infections!! usually id be alarmed at that but not this time. some were genuine, id say 9/27 but it also showed registry values that i just dont recogn... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0
"This program sucks! (literally)"
Pros: Extremely effective in finding spyware
Cons: Sucks up way too much memory! According to Windows Task Manager, it will eat up anywhere from 500 to 600 MB of RAM in the scan alone, and freeze your computer in the process!
Summary: Download this program at your own risk! I would consider using Ad-Aware instead.
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