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SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of many so-called spyware, adware and malware programs by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any ...
Average of 66 user ratings: 
- Mar 03, 2008
- For version:
- 4.0
It just works 
- Interface: 3
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
.. quietly and effectively in the background. Actually I prefer a manual update-on-*my*-demand, and with the new version 4.0 the 'bogging' on FF "enable protection" is cleared up (if you also use Spybot SearchandDestroy's Immunization for FF, this was an unfortunate side effect when the GUI for SB351 loaded). There's really no need to load the GUI other than to get the update every week or so or unless you like to fiddle with it. Like I said, it just works (without being bothersome). Now in version 4.0 with some great new useful features - Thanks, javacool!
Review by: FUME98 (2)
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- Aug 25, 2007
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Great program
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Since using this program (over 4 years now) my system has had noticeably less garbage on it. Updates are rare and you have to pay for auto updates but this program is still worth the minor work it takes to keep it up to date. Highly recommend this program.
Review by: mybuzz (3)
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- May 13, 2007
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Superior
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Essential tool for INNOCULATING a pc against known and constantly changing evil-wares. it is NOT a scanner. one uses a scanner AFTER THE FACT. one uses Spyware Blaster BEFORE THE FACT. it is a PREVENTATIVE, NOT a treatment. it is NOT memory resident and uses NO resources. if you read the authors documentation, it clearly states the intent and purpose of the code. but in a world rife with malware it is no wonder some just don't "get it". malware counts on the idiocy of the ever lazy internet using public to just click click click and never read a damn thing. that's how it gets on your machine in some cases, of course it is stealthed in most of the time, but other times it comes into your rig through the front door. the point? READ and you will know what you are getting. highly recommended.
Review by: jackfrost (35)
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- Mar 16, 2007
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Easy to use and effective
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I've been using this program for over a year now and I really like it. Manual updates are necessary unless you are willing to pay, but you only have to update every couple of weeks or so. I use this in conjunction with Ad-Aware SE; SpywareBlaster keeps most junk off my machine and Ad-Aware takes care of what does slip through. Highly recommended.
Review by: Tantalus (5)
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- Jan 19, 2007
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Its ok
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Once you keep this program updated it will protect you from attacks using active x and other cookie trackers
Review by: hydrowisp (3)
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- Nov 19, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
No news is good news!
- Interface: 3
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
V.3.5.1 is installed on my PC and unusally, it is difficult to review because by its very nature it is less interactive than some programs in the same category. The best way I can sum it up is 'No News is Good News' ie. if nothing negative in the way of malware is indicated on your PC then SpywareBlaster is doing its quite exceptional job. The interface I would describe as basic but what does it matter if it isn't being used on a daily basis anyway? I always but always appreciate any individual/company that is prepared to develop quality software and then proceeds to provide it as genuine 'Freeware'. In the Freeware version updates rely on manual input but with the icon emblazoned on my desktop I am hardly likely to forget - No problem! I would not and do not solely rely on this program for protection but view it as part of an umbrella of security. Yes, I recommend this reliable, dependable and quietly reassuring program. Thank you JavaCool!
Review by: Dragon10 (37)
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- Jun 25, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
I love this program!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is a really fantastic program...it doesn't fix your spyware problems, it stops you from having them in the first place! In short, it focuses on prevention instead of removal by blocking dangerous sites (on both Internet Explorer and Firefox). Another aspect that I consider an advantage is the fact that it does not need to be running in the background to work. Simply open the program once a week, download the latest protection and you're good to go. And it's free!
Review by: Raineth (3)
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- Jun 18, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Anybody should have it
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This adds harmful site's address to Internet browser's security options (IE, Firefox) and can block spyware before downloading it. You don't need to run SpywareBlaster all the time. Anybody should have it.
Review by: shimpoo (7)
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- Jun 16, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
This is not a spyware checker
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This does exactly as it says it prevents. It stops problem before they start not after. Try having this program in for a week and then taking it out and see what fun you have browsing the internet! Just because a program isn't in your face or requires you to click a scan (this is not a scanner try reading the description.) Doesn't mean it isn't working. As for uploading an updated reference file thats done when you update it duh!(oh gosh I have to update it manually oh woe. *rolls eyes*)
Review by: darkocean (27)
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- Mar 11, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Great program
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is one of the best spyware blockers around. No Scanning required it just works. If you dont think it does like my daughter did and removed it because it was just taking up space LOL LOL she was calling me soon after she removed it to say HELP!!! where do you get that thing from I need it LOL LOL Get it use it and dont forget to update it often
Review by: blkbear54 (3)
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- Jan 26, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
A great freebie!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been using the SpywareBlaster for almost 2 years now and it is a great addition to the other anti spyware tools I have on my PC. This is a MUST HAVE for your PC!!!
Review by: JohnnyBoy (4)
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- Jan 03, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5.1
Another must have!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Every computer that has internet or installs software should have this.. such a nice tool.
Review by: Ghost_grey (58)
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- Dec 27, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Another must have!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Great program too silently help protect your machine.You can even custom block things too your own liking! I've used it since it came out.Never has caused a single moments problem for me.
Review by: Gizmo_151 (12)
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- Dec 04, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Excellant software
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Check the lists..all the bad stuff is listed..check weekly for updates and "enable perfection" .. this activates the new stuff..with this always running Spysweeper catches only i Item on a sweep. Blocks active x and add tracking cookies..covers Firefox to......great!!
Review by: wboth125 (3)
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- Nov 04, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Keeps the bad guys out.
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Makes sense, stops the bad guys before they can get to your computer. Then if a few happen to sneak in, there is always software to control and eliminate them too. Great program, free edition and the small fee paid for version with automatic updates.
Review by: JimboL (5)
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- Aug 25, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Have my doubts
- Interface: 2
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 2
- Overall:
SpywareBlaster is on my system for a long time now, doing nothing but consuming memory. Does it work? I wonder. Is it effective? I have my doubts. After an outbreak of new nasty spyware I expect it will download an updated reference file immediately. It does not. Day after day it keeps telling me that I have the latest update. Not very reassuring in an ugly world that changes continuously.
Review by: Nicholas (34)
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- Aug 01, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Finally! proof it works!
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Strong circumstantial evidence. I recently found 6 or 8 malware files, most of them ones I'd not encountered before: eg. Hitbox, TribalFusion, Doubleclick, Click2, Valueclick. A few days later I discovered my SB program I'd had for a week or two had not yet been enabled! Then I thought back to the many prior months I'd had SB running without having real proof it was protecting me. (I reinstalled SB just lately). Those mysterious new cookies, etc. I'd just found in a scan were new to me 'cause SB had evidently been "blasting" them all, before that time! They're all found on SB's list. No one program prevents or even scans and finds all malware all the time. I use SB as part of an arsenal. Don't rely on just one scan! Adaware misses stuff others find and vice versa. I have 4 (free) scans and 4 is not too many, as it's not uncommon for only 1 out of 4 scans to find something.It can be a different one each time!
Review by: Bobb999 (9)
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- Jun 16, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Great spyware prevention
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Along with Spybot's Immunize feature and a pop-up blocker, this program completes the circle for creating a very powerful shield against today's common adware/spyware type web threats by adding related keys to these locations in the registry: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZoneMapDomains and (naturally linked) HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZoneMapDomains. So the program is only run to open the GUI interface to make the related changes in the Registry, no process need to be running in the background, awesome!
Review by: Turcoloco (5)
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- Jun 14, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
Spywareblaster ..just works
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program has been on my computer several years and as long as I keep updating it it just works. I like because it stays in the background doing it's job and can shield your browser(s)from many types of attackers. I have installed it on Xp and Win98 with no problems whatever. I recommend using it with spybot and AdawareSE to have the best all round protection and you certainly can't beat the price!
Review by: greyniteowl (5)
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- May 27, 2005
- For version:
- 3.4
I am not convinced the program works.
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
Use a combination Ad-Aware and Hijack instead.
Review by: Btrident (15)
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- Apr 30, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
The 1st program that you should install.
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Spyware Blaster should be the first anti-spyware program that you install! Spyware is a rising threat and this program does something a scanner can't do.It prevents spyware that is listed in their database from installing! It's extremely easy to use and doesn't run as a resident service. Install it,update it, and "enable all protection".It has protections for IE and Firefox. It works,it's free(donations to the developer are accepted),and the developer(javacool)is one of the best! This program is a key weapon in the battle against spyware!
Review by: moparmac (21)
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- Apr 13, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
Best spyware detection program
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I don't even have to run my other spyware and adware detectors anymore. With this little program running I have not gotten any bad stuff. And the interface is easy.
Review by: ScottB (4)
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- Mar 24, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
The best yet
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I use this with WinPatrol and BHODemon and Ad-aware scan gives me a complete bill of health. I have used Spybot13 (good program) but, Ad-aware would detect misses and vice versa. With WinPatrol (Highly recommend) watchdog on the watch, everything has been great and SpywareBlaster stops all the rest. I have disabled other programs to see how effective this program is, and I am impressed. Don't believe the negative until you try it for yourself. This is a great program.
- Mar 19, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
Love it!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Would highly recommend this program. very easy to use and understand. kept getting this tribalfusion ad come up. could not get rid of it. well, spywareblaster took care of it the 1st time. thank you spywareblaster. i will always d/l you on both pc's.
Review by: crayzlady (5)
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- Mar 16, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
How it works????
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
The main feature of this confounding little Blaster Program is.. well...see for yourself . click on tools/internet options/security/restricted sites/sites tab..... as the program updates it ads more sites to the list and particular Java exts. Does anyone remeber typing all those sites in the restricted list...I didnt think so.Same goes for the Active X prtection. Does it really work??? Try disableing all protection and go surf the wild web and run a scan with Ad aware or Spybot and see what you get....This is a great program ...
Review by: SkippyMaroo (6)
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- Mar 14, 2005
- For version:
- 3.3
This program should have notifications/alerts
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
If this program one hundred percent protects my pc, then I would not have had my IE hijacked by spywares few weeks back. Also even using with this, the programs Spy-bot, Ad-Aware and Microsoft anti spyware are detecting few spywares regularly. But Spy-bot recommends SpywareBlaster protection as best. So it seems SpywareBlaster should be protecting the PC, but still the possibilites of spyware attacking PC cannot be avoided. Hence, SpywareBlaster, should add a notification/alert window, just like a virus program protects the pc with notifications, so that users will know the better use of SpywareBlaster.
Review by: free2nm (70)
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- Feb 15, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Minimize taskbar issue
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Hi i really like this program but it will not minimize into my taskbar i am one of those people see it to believe it and i dont want it cluttering my desktop is there anyway i can run it without it cluttering me? other then that i recommend this product to EVERYONE!!
Review by: StarCraft-Boy
First post
- Feb 12, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Spyware blaster is easy to use, and it has ma ...
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Spyware blaster is easy to use, and it has many great features. Like the flash blocker. spywareblaster is a program i recommend.
Review by: dylanh (2)
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- Feb 05, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Really useful
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I strongly recommend. It is invisible and provide real time protection. I did not find any problem with my PC in using the same.
Review by: santanudutta (2)
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- Feb 04, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Great program
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
If you use this program in conjunction with AdAware, it is highly effective in getting rid of adware/spyware. It is also very easy to use. Thanks for a great program!
Review by: SusanA (10)
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- Feb 03, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Great program!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is a great application, very easy to use, effective and free. It offers an IE and Mozilla /Firefox protection preventing the instalation of harmfull active-x based spywares, dialers...etc It also preventing tracking cookies.... I recommend it for every one. I never had problems with it.
Review by: molly4dj (2)
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- Jan 27, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Good to have... but i don't know
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 5
- Overall:
If it does the work... Really, read all the good review about it, and I am the one who is using it as well. I have no idea if my pc is protected??!! It will just block it and I don't get a report from it. It just says, you put it in your pc, you are protected... To me, I don't see any difference. Unlike Ad-aware, spy-bot, you scan, you see the result. This one, practically you don't see any result... Recommend it? sure, just put it there.. but I don't really know how good....
Review by: homeflash (63)
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- Jan 17, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
Spywareblaster
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Program that basically provides a very good protection for my system and it's also comes with a update where you can download the Spyware Blaster database.
Review by: Kennysimpp (27)
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- Jan 15, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
A must have!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I can't rave about this program enough. It has saved me tons of time. I don't have to run spybot or adaware as often and when I do, they find very little if any spyware. Get this. You won't regret it.
Review by: vwm8534 (2)
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- Jan 14, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2
A must
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Yes, spyware scanners like Ad-aware and Spybot S&D are necessary items these days, but THIS one is an absolute must-have, for it "immunizes" your system against most spyware threats. Even Spybot's author recommends using this app for immunization purposes. You just run it once and then you can forget about it. Unlike a regular anti-virus shield, it doesn't need to be run every time you boot up.
Review by: EM_745 (32)
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- Dec 14, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Awsome
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program protects you against spyware before you download it. Very nice database size and extremly easy to use. I would reccommend this to the illiterate and to the experts.
Review by: kporter (3)
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- Dec 12, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Stopped those annoying active x controls
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
The only Anti-Spyware/Adware software I've used that stopped all those annoying and repeating ActiveX controls that you get when visiting some websites from even appearing in the first place. I also like the restrictive sites feature. Finally, a good defensive weapon to use against those unscrupulous operators that try to plant their spyware and adware crap on our computers. It's great!
Review by: LedAstray (5)
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- Dec 02, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Stop them all
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It difficult to say how effective it is, as I use it in combination with S&D and Maxthon or Firefox. The result of the combination anyway is that my scanners never find any spyware etc, anymore. Must be good.
Review by: ikeiges (15)
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- Dec 01, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Outstanding!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is by far the best freeware program around. I have been using it ever since it first came out. When I do weekly scans with Spybot S&D and Adaware, they almost always come up empty. When I do get something it's usually a tracking cookie. It takes no resources, does its job and is free ($10 for auto-update is well worth it). If you surf the net you absolutely need this. The reason why it may not be on more computers is that a lot of people don't know about it, not because it doesn't work. Highly recommended!
Review by: Lacosa (3)
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- Nov 24, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Prevention is better than cure
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
SpywareBlaster has a database which at the time of writing exceeds the 3000 mark. I recomend this highly for inoculating your PC, especialy if you use Internet Explorer. Don't forget to use Spybot S&D or Ad-Aware as nothing is 100% Infallible.
- Nov 17, 2004
- For version:
- 3.2
Excellant
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Blazer T said it best when spybot and adaware come up empty you know it works
Review by: RidleyDave (14)
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