Symantec PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2010 |  | From: PC Tools
Category: Software
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 981
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: 85663
Model: 20083756
UPC: 037648856638
EAN: 0037648856638
ASIN: B002SRP9R2
Release Date: November 2, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Recommended by experts and editors around the world. | | • | FREE customer support for all users | | • | Detects, removes and blocks all types of Spyware, Adware, Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Keyloggers and other threats | | • | 100% Money Back Guarantee. | | • | Easiest to use with intelligent automatic protection. |
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Product Description
Precision Protection. Powerful Technology.Product Information[For Use Up to 3 PCs - 1 Year Protection]Editor's Choice Antivirus and Antispyware in one! Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 is a top-rated malware spyware and virus removal utility that detects removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential spyware adware trojans viruses keyloggers spybots and tracking threats. Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus has been downloaded over 140 million times with millions more each week. People worldwide use Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus to protect their PCs from spyware adware and other online threats.Did you know that numerous programs tested against Spyware Doctor detected only a small fraction of spyware and were only capable of completely removing an even smaller amount? Most compared products were unable to effectively block spyware in real time from being installed on a user's PC in the first place. Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus has the most advanced update feature that continually improves its spyware and virus fighting capabilities on a daily basis. As spyware becomes more complex in order to avoid detection Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus reacts with new technology to stay one step ahead.Spyware Doctor's advanced IntelliGuard technology only alerts users on a true spyware and virus detection. This feature ensures users are not interrupted by cryptic questions every time software is installed a site is added to your favorites or your PC settings are changed. Such messages can be confusing and may result in undesirable outcomes such as program errors lost favorites or even spyware and viruses being allowed to install on the system. We've done the research so you don't have to!Product FeaturesConstant real-time IntelliGuard protection prevents known and new malware threats before they install and cause any harm to your PC. IntelliGuard monitors for malicious activity involving spyware process
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Great Utility For PC Protection January 27, 2010
Joe Blow (Seattle, WA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Protection from Spyware, Adware, Spyware Trojans, Keyloggers, Identity Theft, Hijackers, Tracking Threats, Rogue Anti-Spyware, Unwanted Software, Phishing, Popups and Bad Websites. You can also download it instantly instead of ordering the cd. I got mine at [...] You have to download it then run the install which is a demo version. If you like it you can purchase the full version on their secure online page and they will email you instantly with the registration number. Once you get that, it unlocks the full version. Highly recommended software.
Doesn't hog resources, catches pretty much everything February 8, 2010
Andrew Fischer
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm surprised I don't see Spyware Doctor everywhere after buying it myself. I've dropped AVG after it got to where it chugged all my computers to a halt all while being essentially helpless against everything on the internet and falsely identifying as hostile (and deleting) my own stuff. Spyware Doctor w/Antivirus, although not as fast as the regular Spyware Doctor for obvious reasons, is still not too resource hungry, will get out of my way when I want it to, and blocks even the mildest of irritants. It even cuts off alot of non-malicious advertising to take some distractions out of surfing. It will occassionally offer to block something that you will want to leave alone, like youtube add-ins, but at least it prompts when there's a question about it instead of assuming.
As far as actually stopping virii, it's helped me out where AVG failed to get rid of the False Alerts virus that's plagued the internet the last year, and it found over a hundred other trojans and nasties that AVG left behind. I still keep Malware Bytes around just in case, but I have yet to need since getting this software.
Last but not least, getting three licenses with each purchase is great. A lot of people today have a laptop and several desktops in the house, and this saved me plenty of money.
Overall very pleased; I've used AVG, Norton, McAfee, Avira, and Trend Micro, and this software is so far the best i've tried.
Great! January 10, 2010
Sara Whitworth (Bloomington, IL)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Spyware Doctor found several viruses that Nortons failed to find. I had a major virus on my PC that kept coming back after Nortons got rid of it, Spyware was the only thing that worked. It has an option to do a partial scan which takes roughly 15 minutes and a full scan that takes roughly an hour. You can also program to have a full auto scan once a week. This program is well worth the price.
Spyware Doctor Free Shipping March 29, 2010
Richard M. Mandell (Naples, FL USA)
If you order this software your PC must have a problem. If you can have the luxury of waiting several weeks for delivery go for it. Otherwise pay for shipping. I'm surprised that Amazon even offers this option. PC Doctor appears to be excellent so far. It has removed spyware that my AVG never recognized.
 I never thought I would need this software. May 25, 2010
L. Wolfley
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
In 30 years of programming computers, I've never had any anti-virus software installed on any of my own PCs. When I buy new PCs that come with anti-virus software, the first thing I do is uninstall that software. I bought my first IBM PC in 1981 and have owned and discarded countless PCs since then.
Well, I got my first virus ever a couple days ago.
Whatever installed itself on my system would only allow me partial access to the internet, and would not allow me access to Mcafee or any other free virus scanning tools on the internet. It prevented me from installing most downloaded content from the internet. It wouldn't let me open a command box. It wouldn't even let me run Task manager. I'd start task manager, and before I could click on anything the task manager window would close. In the meantime, this virus was constantly popping up windows informing me that blahblah (insert common program name here) was infected and that I should click on a button that would fix the problem. Clicking on the fix button would take me to a fake antivirus site, that claimed it would remove the infection if I paid for their software with a credit card on-line. One way I could tell it was a malicious site was by doing a google search on the site name and looking at the comments.
I rebooted my PC normally, but hit Ctrl Alt Del as soon as I got a screen (before everything had finished loading). Task manager came up, and didn't immediately go away this time. I terminated some processes that looked suspicious (after performing internet searches on them). ASAM.exe in particular looked unusual, there was also one that seemed to have random letters for a name (like aKCSayh.exe), and wasn't even found when I searched for it on the internet. But, after terminating and removing these from my computer, the problems I had did not go away.
I still couldn't run Mcafee's free virus scan. I was still getting pop up windows that looked like legitimate error messages, but in the end pointed me to the fake site that wanted to steal my money.
For some reason, I was able to install PC tools Spyware doctor. I tried a few other known valid virus detection sites first, but was still prevented from installing these site's software. After a full scan, Spyware Doctor pointed out several potential problems on my computer, and offered to fix them if I paid the full retail price for the product (around 40 bucks). I paid the price, it removed the stuff, and my PC was back to normal.
How did I get this virus after so many years of safely avoiding these threats?
First of all, I've avoided viruses in the past (in-spite of no protection), by:
1. Never installing anything on my computer unless I was 99.9 percent sure it was safe.
2. Never clicking on any email attachment unless I knew via the extension it was safe. If the extension was not safe, I'd only launch an attachment if I knew who it was from AND even then ONLY if I was expecting it to arrive.
3. Always having a router in front of my connection to the internet. There were a few well known Windows viruses that would immediately infect any computer that was directly attached to the internet, even if the user did nothing but plug the internet connection into their system.
4. Always keeping my Windows operating system up to date with the latest security patches.
5. Always keeping my main browser (Firefox) up-to-date with the latest updates.
6. Never installing browser plugins unless I was 99.9 percent sure they were safe.
So again, how did I get this Virus?
It came from a corrupted PDF file that opened in my browser. I just happened to go to an internet site that displayed the PDF file and I was doomed. I didn't click to install anything. I just went to the link. The PDF file opened, an error of some kind occured in Adobe's software, and the malware was installed. Simple as that.
I updated Adobe's acrobat reader to the latest version, turned off the PC tools detection software, and started visiting random sites again. Almost the exact same virus issue reinstalled itself on my system within an hour. Same exact method. Adobe Acrobat reading a corrupted PDF file.
I turned on PC tools detection (even though it kind of slowed my system down), visited the same sites again, and got a warning from the PC tools software before the malware could install.
So, the long and short of it is PC tools seems to work. Unless they are the malware. It is kind of funny that the only software that the virus allowed me to install was PC tools. But, Symantecs is a well known company, and my internet searches didn't turn up anyone claiming something like that, so I will allay that suspicion for now.
I've turned off PDF viewing in the browser also. Now, if a PDF file appears, I'm prompted to download it to my computer before viewing it. I'll just cancel the download unless I trust the site it's coming from.
As far as I can tell, PC tools does the job it's intended for. It seemed to slow my system down a bit when I run the dynamic virus checker, so I'll give it 4 stars instead of 5 for that.
PDF files are on the upsurge for causing viral infections. A few years ago, I'd have never thought something that was intended to display content only (Adobe Acrobat) could be the source of viral infections.
That is all.
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