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PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007

PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007Couldn't be worseI tried Spyware Doctor on my wife's new laptop, running Windows Vista. It slowed the whole system down to a crawl, right from boot-up. The only way I could do [b]anything[/b] was to first disable Spyware Doctor. That's constructive! What a waste of money....

Tags: PC Tools Spyware Doctor, PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007, PC Tools Spyware, PC Tools

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

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Spyware Doctor 5.1

The latest release of PCTools Spyware Doctor 5.x addresses a number of nettlesome software glitches we experienced with version 5.0. In testing on version 5.1 done by CNET labs, Spyware Doctor did proactively shield us from test spyware in seven out of ten test cases, but it failed...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PC Tools Spyware Doctor

Product reviews 2008-02-01

PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007

PCTools Spyware Doctor is one of the last independent antispyware apps on the market, and, until this recent release, was one of the better choices. Version 5 introduces new under-the-hood protection--and a number of nettlesome software glitches. In testing done by CNET Labs, Spyware Doctor did shield us from and...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PC Tools, PCTools Spyware Doctor, PC Tools Spyware Doctor

Product reviews 2007-03-22

Problems arise with Vista's validation

Last year, when Microsoft announced a new anti-piracy infrastructure for Windows Vista, I was skeptical. Heres what I wrote at the time:Whats most distressing about the SPP announcement is Microsofts continued insistence that its anti-piracy tools are nearly perfect and that innocent victims never suffer from errors in their code....

Tags: WGA, Windows Vista

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market

Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits marketHEY YOUBULLSHIT!The problem is detectionDefender has done very poorly in malware detection.Spy sweeper and spyware doctor do much better. If you want a good process explorer you should try Process Explorerhttp://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.htmlEasily forgottenis the fact that Microsoft actually stopped defender from exposing some spyware because of...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Defender, Windows Defender, rep, anti-spyware

Discussion threads 2006-10-24