Overview of Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spyware are computer wound of the 21st century. These software installed on your computer, to collect information about your browsing habits. Not only these spyware can significantly slow down your computer, they can also be a danger to your poker accounts.
Spybot - Search & Destroy is a protection against all these spyware/malware including trojans, dialers and other types of spyware.
Spybot - Search & Destroy is since 2002 and overview quickly your system to report any spyware. It prevents also to source some spyware from being installed.
Just like your anti-virus is not an anti-malware, Spybot S & D is not a virus! So be sure to have always an anti-virus and anti-spyware installed permanently on your computer.
Installation of Spyware - Search & Destroy:
During the installation of Spybot S & D, software launches an installation aid which will help you back up your registry and update the software.
Ease of use:
Once installed, Spyware S & D is very easy to use. The options are well presented and the interface is nice and easy to use.
It is nevertheless important to note that without an update frequent, Spybot S & D is likely to be rather useless.
Features:
With Spybot S & D, you can not only detect and remove spyware/malware on your computer, but you can also immunize your system. Immunization will ensure to place malicious sites in the list of sites to use on Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Tens of thousands of dangerous websites are thus blocked: better safe than sorry!
Trial version:
Spybot S & D is free software.
Updates / support:
SpyBot offers and updates regular, in order to quickly protect users from new spyware/malware created every day.
The software is available in English, french and several other languages.
Conclusion:
The only flaw of Spyware S & D, it is the number of "false-positive" it generates sometimes. Despite this little detail, Spybot S & D is a free and effective choice against spyware.
PokerCollectif highly recommend Spyware - Search and Destroy
