Features
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License:
Free to try; $37.99 to buy
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
41,007
- Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Limitations:
Quarantine, delete functions disabled
- Date Added:
Date unavailable
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Publisher's description of SurfSecret PestPatrol
From SurfSecret Software:PestPatrol is a security and personal-privacy tool that detects and eliminates destructive pests, such as Trojan horses, spyware, adware, and hacker tools. It complements your antivirus and security software, extending your protection against nonviral malicious software that can evade your existing security and invade your personal privacy. These pests often lurk silently on your computer until something--or someone--sets them off. When that happens, you can lose passwords, personal data, credit card numbers, and--if you telecommute and connect to your office via a VPN--opens up a backdoor to your entire company network. The latest version includes a separate spyware database for better, faster spyware detection; intelligent reporting that indicates threat levels of pests detected and advises appropriate action; custom selection of what pests to detect; and the Control Terminal, which provides easy access to all modules via your system tray. The new version includes many security updates and improvements, bug fixes, and more spyware definitions.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.3 stars out of 16 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: SurfSecret PestPatrol 4.2.38
"How many clones does pestpatrol have"
Pros: Works
Cons: pestpatrol has many gliches and so does this product. Surprised a little? NOpe. 11/18 on adware/spyware tests makes it middle road.
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Version: SurfSecret PestPatrol 4.2.38
"A very nice program that I have used for over four years."
Pros: It has always seemed to detect spyware that Spybot and Ad-aware have missed on my system. For this reason, I would say that a combination of PestPatrol and Spybot should keep your computer mostly free of pests. It's Memory Watch (which has caught items several times while downloading), and keylog detector are an added plus. I really never use the cookie manager (I tend to use another program instead). I do like the description and rating system of the pests detected.
Cons: It is not unusual for shareware to have limitations until you purchase the product, but with so many free spyware programs with excellent features PestPatrol does fall short (under a non-purchased mode, it detects spyware but does not remove it). I have had some programs have conflicts with PestPatrol, but the program itself always seems solid. I have written the company and asked why there seems to be so many PestPatrol clones on the market, but never received an answer. Downloading updates seems slow under dial-up and scanning a larger drive (greater than 20 MB of data) should be done with some time free to do other things.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: SurfSecret PestPatrol 4.2.38
Summary: Interface is weird and unhelpful. Not worth $5 let alone $40. Rubbish waste of time.
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Version: SurfSecret PestPatrol 4.2.38
Summary: PestPatrol comes with many detection engines for cookies, keyloggers, and real-time spyware active in the physical memory. While it does not differiate between malicious spyware from spyware that is benign, it detects almost everything that can be ... read more >>
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Version: SurfSecret PestPatrol 4.2.38
Summary: This ####### program listed my entire mp3 collection as adware. I don't think so! Bye...
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