Anti-Spyware: Reviews

Updated March 2009
 

Best anti-spyware software

PC Tools Spyware Doctor 6.0 *Est. $30 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

PCMag.com: This review covers the version of Spyware Doctor that also includes antivirus software. Reviewer Neil Rubenking is impressed with ...

WebUser: Roland Waddilove is impressed enough with Spyware Doctor to award it a top overall score and the WebUser Gold award. He doesn't ...

Amazon.com: Reviews on Amazon.com for Spyware Doctor 6.0 are good but not glowing, despite a high overall score of four out of five stars. ...

Adware Report.com: According to editors at Adware Report, "PC Tools Spyware Doctor 6.0 is hands down the winner in our latest round of testing." ...

Pocket-Lint.co.uk: Stephen Patrick has a short review of Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 6, but it's not clear how he evaluated it. He likes the ...

 

Budget anti-spyware software

Sunbelt CounterSpy 3.1 *Est. $20 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

Download.com: Download.com has an editorial review of CounterSpy 3 along with a few user reviews and 500 user ratings. This year's release is ...

Softpedia.com: Softpedia.com has a handful of user reviews for the newly released CounterSpy 3.1. Ratings are highly polarized so far, and ...

CNET: CNet.com has not yet reviewed the latest version of Sunbelt CounterSpy, but Robert Vamosi provides a nicely detailed review of ...

PCMag.com: PC Magazine has a comprehensive review of CounterSpy version 2. Neil Rubenking covers features, performance and system ...

Amazon.com: Amazon.com has several user reviews of CounterSpy, but reviews span several versions. Reviews are mixed, and the software earns a ...

 

Security suite with the best spyware prevention

Norton Internet Security 2009 *Est. $45 Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

PCMag.com: PC Magazine has extensive coverage of Norton Internet Security 2009. Neil Rubenking says anti-spyware performance is as good or ...

Which? (UK): Norton Internet Security 2009 earns a Best Buy rating at Which?, the U.K.'s version of Consumer Reports. Anti-spyware performance ...

CNET: Norton Internet Security 2009 gets a mid-length review here. Many aspects of the suite are covered, but anti-spyware performance ...

Amazon.com: There are lots of user reviews here for Norton Internet Security 2009 -- nearly 120 -- and most users say they are happy to very ...

About.com: The review of Norton Internet Security 2009 here focuses on features rather than testing. Anti-spyware performance is not ...

 

Free adware/spyware removal tool

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

Download.com: Download.com editors give the free version of Lavasoft Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 4.5 stars out of a possible five, and the ...

PC World: This short review, translated from PC World's German edition, covers both free and pay versions of Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition. ...

About.com: About.com network security guide Tony Bradley says Ad-Aware Free Anniversary Edition provides "adequate protection against a ...

PCMag.com: Neil Rubenking doesn't go into detail about the free version of Ad-Aware, but he does test Ad-Aware Pro. Of Ad-Aware Free, he ...

 

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Free real-time spyware blocker

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

CNET: CNet.com's Robert Vamosi says Microsoft Windows Defender "is perhaps the best free antispyware application we looked at [in ...

PC World: PC World and AV-Test.org test six anti-spyware applications, two of which are free. Microsoft Windows Defender places fourth, and ...

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports tests a dozen free and paid anti-spyware programs in a lab, ranking them in a chart. Windows Defender is among ...

WebUser.com: British website WebUser is lukewarm about Windows Defender, but likes "two options that warn about unknown startup and system ...

 

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Anti-Spyware Runners Up:

Webroot Spy Sweeper 6.0 *Est. $25

2 picks by top review sites.

     
 
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