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Spyware Doctor
An advanced spyware removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of threats. |
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Spyware Doctor provides three-way spyware protection for
your PC through real-time threat blocking, advanced system scanning and
immunization against known browser infections. This is one of the many
reasons why the award-winning.
Spyware Doctor has been chosen by millions of users to
protect their PCs against spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spybots
and other tracking threats.
Did you know that when a PC is infected with spyware
that every keystroke, every website and every conversation could be
recorded or monitored by the people or companies that may have secretly
installed software on your PC. The consequences of spyware and adware
infections can include banking and identity theft, unusual computer
problems, slow Internet access, changed browser homepage, search pages or
favorites, and excessive numbers of adware generated adverts.
Anti-virus software and firewalls do not fully protect
your system against the majority of spyware and privacy threats. Because
spyware is commonly bundled with software downloads, attached to e-mails,
or transmitted through networks it can appear to be legitimate software,
but once installed it can be nearly impossible to detect and remove
without the help of a dedicated spyware removal tool like Spyware Doctor.
When you consider the amount of valuable and
confidential personal information stored on your PC, including credit card
and banking details, private e-mails and documents, shopping and browsing
habits, the risks of having software intruders snooping on your computer
activity are obvious. Spyware protection should be an essential part of
your protection to defend your privacy and computing habits from prying
eyes and virtual trespassers, download Spyware Doctor and check your PC
now.
Spyware Doctor Features
- Detects and removes malware infections including spyware, adware,
browser hijackers, Trojans, keyloggers, dialers and tracking cookies.
Spyware Doctor utilizes a sophisticated database of malware infections
to detect and remove malware from your computer. The database currently
incorporates over 25,000 signatures. Multiple databases are released
each week, assisting you to keep your system free of new infections.
- Easy-to-read scan results, with infections presented in an
expandable tree-view.
On the scan results screen, individual infections are presented with
colored bars, indicating their level of risk.
- Frequent Live Updates to detect and guard against new infections
as well as adding enhancements to Spyware Doctor.
Run the Live Update tool to receive the latest malware infection
database updates as well as improvements to Spyware Doctor's
functionality and Help documentation. By running Live Update regularly,
you can help keep your system free of new infections.
- A wide range of sophisticated scanning tools including:
A Hosts Scanner, which scans the Windows Hosts file for any mappings
that may have been altered as a result of malware activities.
A Browser Defaults, Favorites and ZoneMap Scanner, which determines if
malware has altered your browser home page, favorites or has added any
malicious sites to your Trusted Sites list.
The original state-of-the-art scanning engines, including file scan,
memory scan, registry scan, browser helper objects scan, cookie scan and
much more.
- The OnGuard feature, designed for continual protection
against malware infections and associated activities on your computer.
OnGuard contains a set of tools designed to protect your computer by
continually monitoring and blocking malicious activities on your system
caused by malware, and preventing further malware infections. OnGuard
tools include:
-An effective Browser Guard, which scans and removes unwanted Browser
Extensions in addition to Browser Helper Objects.
Unlike Browser Objects, which are constantly active and running while
your browser is open, Browser Extensions can be activated manually
through your browser, for example, through a button which has been added
to your toolbar. Browser Extensions can open up a specific web page or
run a program. Browser Guard now also monitors for changes to Internet
Explorer start and default pages and if they are set to a malicious
site, they are reset back to default settings.
-A powerful Immunizer tool to keep your browsing safe.
The Immunizer function protects your computer against ActiveX-based
infections by preventing them from being installed on your system.
-An easy-to-use Popup Blocker.
Popup Blocker is designed to stop annoying popup windows appearing as
you browse the Internet. Currently, Internet Explorer is the only
browser integrated with Popup Blocker. Other browsers are planned for
future releases, based on demand. Popup Blocker will only function when
OnGuard protection is active. To temporarily disable Popup Blocker, hold
the [CTRL] key down while clicking on the URL that generates the popup.
-A Scheduler, to allow scheduling of a Quick Scan, Full Scan or Live
Update at specified times and intervals.
-Spyware Doctor incorporates a Scheduler as part of its OnGuard set of
tools. This tool may be used to schedule Quick Scans, Full Scans or Live
Updates at specified times and intervals. These actions can be conducted
in the background and also set to begin only when your CPU usage is
below a specified level.
-A Site Guard tool (Anti-Phishing).
Site Guard (Anti-Phishing) prevents your browser from going to web sites
that either install malware onto your computer or masquerade as
legitimate businesses or eCommerce sites, which could steal your
personal information. Examples of this could be a site that looks like
your online bank with the same or similar URL that prompts the user to
input their login information in order to steal their savings.
- Ability to quarantine and restore items that have been detected
Spyware Doctor allows you to remove malware infections from your
system that have been detected in a scan, or quarantine them into a
contained area. The majority of infections that have been quarantined
can be restored at a later time for example. You can customize Spyware
Doctor to either remove or quarantine malware items fixed in a scan.
- An easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Spyware Doctor's GUI is designed to make it more intuitive, easier
to use and consistent with all new releases of PC Tools products. On the
Status screen, you can now set the main Scan Your Computer button to
your preferred choice of starting a Quick Scan, Full Scan or Custom
Scan.
- Only the processes that relate to a specific infection are
terminated when the infection is fixed.
If the Process Scanner has been utilized in a scan, suspect
processes display within the details for the related infection,
therefore only these processes are stopped when the infection is
removed.
- A Malware Detective Wizard tool, available from the Tools screen
Should you have a recurring malware removal problem, Malware
Detective enables you to easily send necessary system information to PC
Tools for further investigation. Furthermore, any new tools will be
added here when released via Live Update, allowing Spyware Doctor to
constantly improve upon its existing functionality.
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