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SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.
How? By setting a kill bit for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. You can run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but you will never even get a Yes/No box popped up, asking you to install a spyware Active-X control (Internet Explorer will never download or run it!). All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work fine.
The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these known spyware Active-X controls. Make sure you run the Check For Updates feature frequently to get the latest database! (And make sure you check the new items to protect your system against them!)
As a side benefit, setting this kill bit will also prevent the spyware Active-X from running, in many cases, if it is already installed on your system.*
SpywareBlaster provides all this in an easy-to-use application.
There is no need to manually edit anything - SpywareBlaster can do it all for you. SpywareBlaster even provides information on items in the database - learn more about the spyware programs you are protecting your computer against! And, of course, SpywareBlaster provides the ability to remove these kill bits, if you should choose to do so.
This program does not run in your system tray.
It does not consume resources.
It does not need to work with a download scheduler.
It just does its job and that's all.
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My personal experience with this program has been good. It works on Win95-XP. It is small and hasn't caused any trouble.
It doesn't cover nearly as many spyware/parasites as Ad-Aware nor BPS,
however, AW hasn't been updated in months (although rumor has it version 6 should be out by mid Feb. with a totally new engine.) Also, BPS has a tendency to falsely identify many files as suspecious, even major exes and ini files are often tagged as bad files.
My suggestion, is to keep all 3 on hand.
Hope that spywareblaster prevents entry of unwanted parasites, but keep the other two around if any do get into your system.
Note:  Spyware Blaster
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