PC Tools - Spyware Doctor

[rmcevoy]

Can some one give me some information on this product or are there
othe tools available that are better ?

Thanks
Bobr

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Better for what?

 

[R. McCarty]

Not familiar with it. Currently I recommend Malwarebytes 1.44
( Free ) and maybe an occasional run of SuperAntiSpyware
online scan as a backup scan. As a resident Malware blocker I
still use Windows Defender.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
http://www.superantispyware.com/onlinescan.html
*Also I'd run the Secunia online scan that is helpful for finding
out-of-date or known insecure versions of certain apps/add-ons.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/

For AV, Eset NOD32 or the MS Security Essentials ( which
includes the Windows Defender components ).

 

[db]

though I no longer
recall what was wrong
with it,

I wouldn't recommend
it pctools anti spyware.

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[Mrosen7542]

Hi, Rmcevoy. I used Spyware Doctor for many years and was quite happy with it until they upgraded to version7 which I didn't like for several reasons which would take too long to provide all the details. I switched over to SuperAntiSpyware Pro and like it very much and would definitely recommend it. I got it for a one time fee for a lifetime subscription. I don't know if that offer is still available or if it will be available again. It uses very little memory (about 560K when idle) as opposed to anywhere from 25M to 65M (idle) with Spyware Doctor. Both programs are worth looking into and both provide excellent protection.
Mark

 

[Michael Jennings]

Google Pack offers a free version of Spyware Doctor:
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html

I tried it, then uninstalled it. MBAM suits me better:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

 

[ybS2okj]

For your own safety and peace of mind, I would strongly recommend to you
Microsoft Security Essentials or MSE for short. All other products are
completely useless and likely to corrupt your system.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials

hth

 

[Roy Smith]

For your own safety and peace of mind, I would strongly recommend to you
Microsoft Security Essentials or MSE for short. All other products are
completely useless and likely to corrupt your system.

That's just your own opinion. I've used Avast and AVG on my PC's with
no problems.


Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[Guest]

That's just your own opinion.  I've used Avast and AVG on my PC's with
no problems.

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

I prefer SuperAntiSpyWare over Spyware Doctor.
I found Spyware Doctor more complicated than necessary ti uninstall
and I bought the paid version of SuperAntiSpyWare for only $9.95 for
online download version.
I use the paid version of Avira.
I use to run the paid AVAST but the only time it found anything was
when my subscription was about to expire. It announced my computer had
a virus called SuperAntiSpyWare despite residing together fine for one
year.
There are a lot of good free or paid programs.
I read a lot of reviews from different sources before choosing the two
I use.
You may want to use that Google thing to find out which programs are
rated the best.
Handy invention, that Google.

 

[Unknown]

I do NOT use Avast and AVG on my PC's with no problems.