Spyware Doctor With Antivirus 5.5 - The Best Antispyware Choice 2008

Editor's Assessment

Improved protection functions
Good handling of stealth-spyware
Fewer unnecessary alerts
Greater file control deletion
Better risk assessment
Excellent rootkit removal
Reduced memory footprint
Automatic threat evaluation
Standardized threat assessments

The first install can be a bit rough, but testing shows that the end-result of a smooth-running system is worth this trouble. For one thing, testing shows that upon the first system scan, spyware id, and removal, multiple re-boots were required. Re-booting after a spyware scan is normal for any software, and for some people, Spyware Doctor may seem overly concerned with it. But it is for a good purpose. To thoroughly clean your PC of all spyware, rootkits, or other malware, a system re-boot is vital for the final cleansing. Once you have overcome this install bump, the rest of Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 5.5 is great.

Joining the anti-virus with antispyware software is a great move as far as we are concerned. This means less resource footprints on two separate software programs. Less competition for resources, and only one sweep instead of 2.

Probably the best part of Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 5.5 is its great ability to block incoming spyware attempts to down-load. In testing, Spyware Doctor was not fooled by previous attacks that tried to sneak in under changed names. And new spyware attacks were defused easily at the kernel-level. All were defeated down with ease by Spware Doctor.

antispyware Features

Spyware protection
Virus protection
Rootkit protection
Continuous real time protection
Full detection and removal technology
Intelli-Scan feature
Protection against zero day attacks
Behavioral heuristic detection
Silent running
Low CPU footprint
Automatic and updates
Several awards

With anti-spyware and anti-virus protection well taken care of, Spyware Doctor offers a several more bells and whistles to round out the software:

Browser Guard protects you against attacks through browser add ons and setting updates.

Cookie Guard blocks cookies it deems harmful.

Email Guard blocks dangerous attachments as well as prevents harmful updates to email protocol settings.

Immunizer Guard prevents ActiveX attacks.

Network Guard prevents malicious changes to your network settings.

While none of these features are perfect by themselves, together they give the right move in forward thinking for Spyware Doctor.