Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 Beta
Spybot - Search & Destroy (often Spybot-S&D) can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too.
What is Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 Beta ?
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 is a popular malware, spyware and adware removal program which works on Microsoft Windows 95 and later. Like most malware scanners, Spybot-S&D scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software. Spybot was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish company Safer Networking Limited. Development began in 2000 when Kolla, still a student, wrote a small program to deal with the Aureate/Radiate and Conducent TimeSink programs, two of the earliest examples of adware.
If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies.
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 Beta Features:
Spybot can fix problems with tracking cookies, system internals (Registry), Winsock LSPs, ActiveX objects, browser hijackers and BHOs, and can to some extent protect a user's privacy by deleting usage tracks. Spybot also includes an "Immunize" feature to block the installation of spyware before it occurs. Another tool included in Spybot is a file shredder, for the secure deletion of files. Spybot is not intended to replace anti-virus programs, but it does detect some common trojans. Spybot also recently added an anti-rootkit function.
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 Beta has license: Freeware
File Size: 9.87 MB
Freeware Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 Beta Requirements:
- Windows All/95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista