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Software Reviews

by EvilGenius

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.

Spybot - S&D
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  There's a beautiful feature to Spybot...  qright

Spybot - S&D version 1.3
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

There's a beautiful feature to Spybot S&D that doesn't exist on other programs I'm familiar with (namely AdAware, M$ Anti-Spyware, HijackThis, and Bazooka) and that is the "Innoculate" tool. I don't know why other products aren't doing this, PREVENTING known infections from happening rather than waiting 'til they do and removing them again and again. Personally, while not perfect, this is still my first line of defense. I've been using Spybot for about 3 years now and I have almost no complaints. There are a couple of concerns that bear mentioning: 1) If you're not using Windows XP use with caution--registry backups, etc. An earlier version (1.1) pretty nearly hosed a WinME system I used it on. 2) If you're badly infected this and almost ANY removal tool might break valid programs, forcing you to reinstall Win. Put SpyBot and AdAware on a CD-R, then reinstall your Windows and put these on before you ever connect.

    Review date: Jan 31, 2005

TrendMicro HijackThis
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

qleft  Second line of defense  qright

TrendMicro HijackThis version 1.99
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

If you're using AdAware, SpyBot, M$ Anti-Spyware or another "pretty" program and still having problems, HijackThis is an excellent next step. Great tutorials are available online (if you know which search engines to use). HijackThis is also my favorite tool for removing annoying "missing file" dialog boxes. If every time you boot you're getting, "Windows cannot find XXXX.dll" then a quick run with HJT will give the entry for XXXX.dll and the option to delete it, so you never see that complaint again. As a computer help desk employee I approach almost every infected machine the same way: AA,SB,M$AS and if it's still not clean HJT, Bazooka, and manual "attitude readjustment" to the registry.

    Review date: Jan 31, 2005

Tanida Quiz Builder

Tanida Quiz Builder

Create educational quizzes in Flash format that can be distributed online or as standalone .EXE file.

Spytech SpyAgent

Spytech SpyAgent

A powerful monitoring solution to record PC activity, including keystrokes, email and more.

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.