Reviewer's Ratings	Avg Company Rating
Overall Feeling
Customer Support
Value for the money
Product's ease of use
Ease of installation
Product website
Reliability

Compare Product Reviews in this Class

Spybot S&D is now up to V: 1.4. I run a repair business out of my home, and 90% of what I do is spy & virus removal. Spybot, Adaware SE, MSAS (for the XP machines only), HJT and AVG free are my main tools.
 
The first time I tried the new version, I was in the middle of my first fight with Aurora/Nail.exe. I installed the new version, and ran it. It ran in <15 seconds and reported nothing. I was amazed that it ran so fast. Turns out that was because Aurora killed it as soon as it opened. Aurora was pretty much killing everything at that time (early June). I finally got rid of it with a combination of nailfix, killbox and a trial version of ewido's security suite (although I learned later that crapcleaner works as well). (A few DOS delete &/or deltree commands can speed things along, depending on the OS in question.)
 
However, when it operates properly, S&D 1.4 is faster than 1.3, more comprehensive and relatively user friendly. I'm not much on skins, but YMMV.
 
It remains a part of my armamentarium. No single tool does it all, but a combination of the tools I mentioned above seems to get most everything.
 
cjon

Added: June 26th 2005

Hits: 1980
NOTE: Product reviews are independently written by our members and do not necessarily express the opinions or views of CastleCops.