Dear Readers,
Here is my Review on Spybot – Search & Destroy…ENJOY
1. Ease of use – Easy – Medium difficulty - The reason I say medium is because it has expert mode and default mode…using expert mode…has it’s perks for sure and it is not as user friendly as PC Tools. Yes, I know I’ll have ppl commenting saying it is…really easy FU…but I call it as I see it and I review a lot of programs…some of which are of course not posted….YET…
1a. Interface - very old school and not very pretty but it does work very well..not many options on the surface…but odd wording like IMMUNIZE and Spybot does not really really immunize anything…at least in the dictionary term meaning any ways….
2. Quality of scan – Really good….gives you a good piece of mind and does have something like 500,000 spyware/adware definitions it scans for and everyday that number goes up…
3. Updating -very very fast….just try to remember to choose your country and language..nothing bad will happen to you if you don’t…but it will help make things a lot easier….
4. Can you run other programs during the scan ? in most cases…Not Recommended
4a. Can you run programs during update ? Yes….takes like next to no CPU power or paging from my tests
5. Is there a progress bar? it does have a progression bar….but no % complete which would be nice…..
6. Can you leave it running and it will run with out issue ? Yes…you can no doubt
7. Is there adware or Spyware bundled with it ? A big NO
8. Will it scan archive files ? Not sure, but I believe it does
9. Is it stable ? Very stable, provided you update it, On a regular bases
10. How long do scans take ? Pretty darn quick, even for slow computers….about 30min – 3hrs…again depends on speed of your computer
Over all a 4 out of 5 – The main reason being crazy CPU power usages during full scan…but I am really impressed by how fast it updates and scans…
Extra info: This program..has had issues relating to the Tea Timer Part of the program running with some virus scans or other adware/spyware programs….but will run in tandem with AVG 8 free virus scan….OVER ALL A VERY USEFUL…FREEWARE APP….
Hope this helps,
Se7en
