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Spyware Doctor
Spyware Doctor is an adware and spyware removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of potential adware, trojans, keyloggers, spyware and other malware from your PC. It offers various options, ...
Average of 7 user ratings: 
- May 15, 2007
- For version:
- 4.0.0.2621
Resource hog 
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 1
- Overall:
This program will slow your internet surfing to a crawl and when you check your taskmanager you will find it using 100% of your cpu while waiting for web pages to load. Unless you have a super fast (new) computer with gig's of memory don't waste your time with this program
Review by: Poolboynatural
First post
- Jan 27, 2007
- For version:
- 4.0.0.2621
Bad!
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
It is a bit of a ram hog, and the startup of the program is very slow.
Review by: virgin (3)
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- Jan 13, 2007
- For version:
- 4.0.0.2618
Pc tools has a winner!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 3
- Overall:
I was using .... It was taking to long to scan my computer. So I switched to Spyware Doctor and it scans fast. It picks up all those nasty bugs lurking out there. I would not go on the internet with out it!
Review by: bigman
First post
- Feb 20, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5
Do not take results as gospel
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 2
- Overall:
Just because Spyware Doctor indicates that it has found something on your computer do not take the results of the trial version or full version as being written in stone. No scanning software is foolproof. No support is available for the trial version which has a limited feature set.
Review by: DoubtingOne
First post
- Jan 19, 2006
- For version:
- 3.5
All things to all people
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 3
- Overall:
The software seems very stable with a speedy scanner. It is also well laid out with a good explanation of functions. Its detection rate seems good to very good although like every other software of this type it finds things that others do not and visa versa. Having said that it does try to be all things to all people whereas it implies that it protects against and finds almost everything! I myself prefer specialized programs for specific malware. As an example it does say that it removes rootkits. Well it didn't detect nor remove two that I had on my pc. As far as system resource usage, well during on-guard protection it used a small/moderate amount but with intermittent bursts of very large amounts! During scanning it uses more system resources than any other program of this type that I have used! And last, it is based on annual renewal which begs the question,"is it worth it" as compared to other programs that are not subscription based?
Review by: alnjk01 (136)
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- Jan 03, 2006
- For version:
- 3.2.2
Second year renewal --- simple and effective.
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I deleted my review from Feb 2005. I've now renewed for a second year. Unusual for me, I'm a SW developer and switch packages frequently. I run this on a family computer and it does a great job with very little effort on my part. I also run a paid AdAware and freeware versions of others, like MS (previously Giant SW), SpyBot. Anyway, this is my favorite for effectiveness, and ease of use. I forget about it and it updates itself and just works. Could be because the family PC generates lots of low laying fruit. What prompted this update and my renewal was evaluating another package then having spyware doctor find a bunch of serious and undetected items. That said, I wish it had a better interface and features for someone that thinks they know what they are doing. Also, there is no family licensing. The questions I've asked of support were answered in a timely manner.
Review by: Minuet (6)
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- Nov 07, 2005
- For version:
- 3.2.2
Strong but hungry
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Excellent anti-spyware tool, very capable. I've adopted it, but I do not use the real-time feature: it absorbs far too much RAM, over 40MB in my case. Still, on regular scanning, it has found one malware no other dedicated software had, which is relevant. Easy of use, all aspects of spyware intrusion are taken care of, excellent very regular data updates. I guess 40MB of RAM is the price to pay, but it is really heavy.
Review by: Leendert (34)
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