Spyware Doctor 4.0

Instant messaging is one of the most popular tools for communicating with your friends and relatives. While this is useful when you want to see photos of your brother’s newest born, one has to be very careful when accepting files. After websites and e-mail, adware makers released a new wave of spywares, which after getting in your system can transmit themselves over IM conversations. This means your brother could be infected, and send you files containing the spyware.

So what do you do next? Well yes, you can send your bro the bill for the technical support guy that worked on your computer. Or, you can read the following review prepared exclusively by 6StarReviews. Spyware doctor prides itself on having a solid auto-update engine and offers instant messenger protection. This spyware detector has won multiple industry awards, and boasts more than 50 millions subscribers.

Let’s see how Spy Doctor did in our spyware investigation.

What’s new?

• Spider Scanning Technology, which promises to reduce significantly the scanning time and produce more threat detections.

• New GUI (Graphical User Interface): The spyware detector’s latest version is improved with a system status area that allows users to distinguish which parts of the program need updating or attention.

• Improvements to scanning tools: Adware makers are getting smarter, but so is Spyware Doctor. The spyware detector has the capacity to detect and remove spywares which try to avoid detection by using alternative character formatting

User Interface and Product Application

Spyware Doctor’s user interface is straight-forward, as the welcome screen features all the basic choices. You can run a full scan or examine the results of your last inspection.

We particularly like viewing the date of our latest definition file update, as this signal if our application is updated.

We think the immunization window is a little too technical for the average user, as you have to answer a few questions about your immunization settings. This is a problem for the beginner user not familiar with this type of software.

The scan did an effective job at removing the spyware on our computer except for the pesky spyaxe program. Spyaxe is a rogue anti-spyware that ironically gets downloaded on your machine using the ‘drive-by download’ method.

6StarReviews Favorite Feature: System Restore Point:
Hesitating over removing a specific executable from your system? No problem. Create a system restore point before removing the file, and if something bad happens, you will have the ability to restore your system.

Spyware Doctor's Features:

• Spyware severity description: Before you remove spyware found on your pc, have a look at the color-coded risk indicator. You can then decide what you delete or leave on the machine.

• Advanced OnGuard technology: The spyware detector will only report real threats, and not every time your kid changes a setting on the computer.

• Auto-Update: The spyware cleaner is updated regularly, meaning you can browse websites without worries.

• Instant-Messaging Protection: This feature scans incoming messages, and warns you against potentially dangerous content, such as phishing sites and viruses.