PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007

List Price: $29.95 Discount Price: $24.97

Features:

• Quickly installs and runs without interrupting computer activity
• Trusted protection against unwanted spyware and other privacy threats
• Continually improves spyware-fighting capabilities on a daily basis
• Automatically configured for optimal protection right out of the box
• Advanced OnGuard technology only alerts users on a true spyware detection

Accessories:

Delorme Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus DVD

Customer Reviews:

Version 5 unusable [Posted on 2008-03-25]
As of March 25 I'm having the same experience as others here: SD does catch problems other scanners miss, and can successfully remove some infestations other products do not. However while Ver 4 worked properly, with the real-time protection enabled Ver 5 slowed all three of my fully patched XP SP2 systems to the point where they are unusable, then eventually freezes the system. My advice is that if you MUST use this product to removed a specific infection you enable it for that specific purpose than immediately disable it afterwards.

Spyware Doctor Ver. 5.5 a Disaster [Posted on 2008-03-25]
I had used previous versions of Spyware Doctor for years without any major problems. I recently tried to install the 5.5 Upgrade and it resulted in a frozen screen, and hours of recovery efforts. You better know how to start your system in Safe Mode, and use Recovery Points when you try to install this mess. PC Tools does not respond to your service requests, and my Service Ticket has gone unanswered for a week. It's like there is nobody at PC Tools to help. My advice is to stay away from this giant fiasco caused by Spyware Doctor 5.5 unless you want to practice your system recovery skills.

spyware doctor is a quack [Posted on 2008-03-31]
It used to work before version 5, but now kills my PC. My only option was to restore to an earlier date. A ".dll" file was then missing and it would not automatically run - thank goodness. Version five point whatever is worse than junk. I was able to 'fix' my PC by 'restore', and when I downloaded SD again, the same thing happened. I don't need to download it a third time to prove to myself that is the problem. It killed the PC speed to almost nothing each time it was re-installed.

CRAP CRAP AND MORE CRAP!! [Posted on 2008-08-11]
OMG DO NOT buy this program. It will slow your computer to a crawl. There are free programs that work so much better.

And they will trick you into "auto renewing" by not telling you that it's a default setting (this should be illegal) and won't warn you, either. They'll just keep sucking money out of your bank account every year, because they know that's the only way they'll ever get a repeat customer.
And you also cannot remove your bank account/ credit card info from your PCTools account. They keep it, giving you NO CHOICE to remove it.

CROOKS, IMO. Stay away.

Spyware Dr. 6 fixes most of ver. 5's problems [Posted on 2008-08-11]
I use to love spyware Dr. and as a tech for 12 years highly reccomended it for use in all my customers PCs. Then they came out with ver.5 and made it a service. If you dont know what that is , it's more deeply ingrained in the system and can wreak havopc if not properly designed. I decided to give ver. 6 a chance as a part of google pack you can select a free updateable starter version with the background guard and just a few less important things disabled. It renewed my interest as everything is working great on it. I just wish they had a full version 15 day trial to check out the rest. I do not see it listed with the rest of windows services and this may be why the started editions working but for the processor guard they offer in the full version, there may be problems. The free full version test run will not clean out what it find , unlike the starter ver. but at least you can see if it's going to wreak havov and have to be removed before you purchase it. For most of you the starter edition is a good way to familiarize yourself with the program. Run a full not intelligent scan the first time and if you are installing Google pack to get the freebee, make sure you uncheck or don't check the box that enables google to scan your info.

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