Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spybot – Search & Destroy protects your computer against malware.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Symbian S60
- PortableApps.com
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What is Spybot - Search & Destroy?
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications.
Free for private use. Companies and institutions need to buy licenses for the commercial versions of our software. There are two editions of Spybot S&D for non-private use: Spybot S&D Small Business Edition and Spybot S&D Corporate Edition.
Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you havent intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware.
Free for private use. Companies and institutions need to buy licenses for the commercial versions of our software. There are two editions of Spybot S&D for non-private use: Spybot S&D Small Business Edition and Spybot S&D Corporate Edition.
Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you havent intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware.
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- anti-spyware
- anti-malware
- anti-rootkit
- spyware-removal
- malware-scanner
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Spybot - Search & Destroy
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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Spybot - Search & Destroy, and it has gotten 425 likes
- Developed by Safer-Networking Ltd.
- Proprietary and Freemium product.
- One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $2 and $50.
- Average rating of 3.5
- 58 alternatives listed
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View allSpybot - Search & Destroy was added to AlternativeTo by Ola on Mar 15, 2009 and this page was last updated Apr 14, 2021. Spybot - Search & Destroy is sometimes referred to as Spybot, Spybot-S&D, S&D, SSD.
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I don't like the version 2.x, but Spybot is always the best anti-spyware IMO, so I use the portable version 1.6.2 in my USB stick, with updated signatures of course :)
It's easy, fast and lightweight.
Came on my PC after it went to the mend. It's a great program. Doesn't use much CPU either. My only problem with it is it won't scan unless you open up the program and press scan, there's no automatic scanning feature. Also it's not updated as often as I'd like. Pretty good though.
To be honest, this software isn't as good as what it used to be. I used to love this software as much as Ad-Aware SE, but since then with Ad-aware, it came crashing down, and we were left with crappy anti-spyware choices until more anti-viruses integrate anti-spyware. As of today, it's no longer the great software it used to be of when it was the year of 2002-2007. Fortunately, there are better options such as MalwareBytes, SUPERAntiSpyware or even Windows Defender by our side.
[Edited by Venom88, March 12]
Finally common sense has caught SSD: boot media.
One cannot clean an infected OS from within the infected OS.
[Edited by Venom88, March 12]