Spyware Doctor?? Any good?

itsbeef

Just wondered if anyone has used Spyware Doctor?

Cheers:beer:

pchelpman

My view ... used to be excellent but going down. What are you trying to achieve? There will be other programs - some free - that will do a good job on spyware if that's what your'e after.

cwoodham

Haven't used it but it came out top in a recent anti-spyware group test in PC Answers. See this thread for more info.

itsbeef

Basically my other half decided to clean my pc of unwanted stuff and in the process deleted my Spyware and half of my security stuff. So decided to get newer programmes but confused by the listings on here as so much choice....

madnlooney

i have used it and fine it does pick up afew things spybot and ad-aware missed, but thats very rare. it also has a pop-up guard which works for IE

rogerramjet

used it, seemed quite good...only down side is its not free

boatman

I tried it on my old laptop with ME and it ground to a halt, it was ok with XP.

itsbeef

Thanks guys, had probs installing it this morning so looking for other options.

Had a look through AV & Spyware thread here but still confused as to which is best.....

pchelpman

Hi again

Lots of good stuff on this subject at MSE, as you found out. take your time and read through it carefully.

Additional help here...

http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Protect_Your_PC/Avoid_Web_Browser_Hijackers.html

This is a good "easy to read" guide, step by step, to protecting your PC for free.

Hope this helps. Ask again if not.

itsbeef

Cheers!!!! :beer:

Enjoy your Bank Holiday!!!