[dba-Tech] Spybot

According to www.Download.com:

Software Publisher's Description


Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files
and modules from your computer. Spybot also can clean program and Web-usage
tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your
computer. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included
file shredder, ensuring complete elimination from your system. For advanced
users, it allows you to fix Registry inconsistencies related to adware and
to malicious program installations. The handy online-update feature ensures
that Spybot always has the most current and complete listings of adware,
dialers, and other uninvited system residents.

Version 1.4 has the first native multi-installation scanner, is noticeably
faster than version 1.3 during scans, and has improved the tools and updated
the interface.



Download.com Review of Spybot - Search & Destroy


The latest version of Spybot - Search & Destroy adds some truly useful
features to an already excellent application. The program still checks your
system against a comprehensive database of adware and other system invaders,
but it works much faster now. It also features several interface
improvements, including multiple skins for dressing up its appearance. Scan
results now appear arranged by groups in a tree, and a sliding panel lets
you instantly view information about a selected item to help you decide
whether to kill it or not. The Immunize feature blocks a plethora of
uninvited Web-borne flotsam before it reaches your computer. Other useful
tools, including Secure Shredder, complement the program's basic
functionality for completely destroying files. Hosts File blocks adware
servers from your computer, and System Startup lets you review which apps
load when you start your computer. The functionality makes Spybot - Search &
Destroy a must-have for all Internet users, and this version is a worthwhile
upgrade.

Reviewer: dyspyzthespyz

Pros: better faster scanning, more deep, faster set up, more detailed,
faster scanning, better look and ease of use under the Advanced options,
automatically finds your definitions download mirror, instead of the default
one, no more antivirus popups when scanning certain files, it compresses the
files for AV, still free! nice along side the new version of AdAware, which
by the way is still free as well.

Cons: none, none at all!


Plus, it now goes through the firewall at work, so I can update it from each
pc, so I get ALL the updates, not just the latest definitions.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: 02 June 2005 15:30
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Spybot


Thanks for the update Jon!


John B.


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