Great tool

Pros: None

Posted: 19-Mar-2006 12:14:25 AM

Great but still could be improved

Pros: It has an outstanding spyware detection and removal which is the most important thing for an antispyware (at least for me). Its active protection provides great protection though the pop-up might be annoying for some users but it did remembers the action. The 15 day trial is full featured which allows the users to remove the threats detected, unlike other antispyware such as spyware doctor and spy sweeper which have removal-disabled limitations in the trial version. It's good to see CounterSpy doesn't focus on low risk threats (tracking cookies), unlike other antispyware which always detect many tracking cookies and mislead users to think that antispyware is fantastic. CounterSpy also offers a few useful features such as System Check which can improves the machine security. Personally, i like the user interface of CounterSpy, which is simple, straight forward and easy to use.

Cons: Somehow, definition updates could be a pain. It took extremely long time to download new definition file and sometimes it fails to merge the definition file (In this case, download the full definition file is required). Installation file for CounterSpy is too big for an antispyware, however, it's acceptable because CounterSpy includes whitelist scanner in order to cut down on false positives. Anyway, I still HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product.

Posted: 18-Apr-2008 03:20:57 AM

5 stars rated if this software is free

Pros: I am not sure why spyware doctor average user rating is 3.5 stars only.It's a great antispyware tool and wins a lot of awards.Detects spyware that ad aware and spybot have missed and incredible quick scan.

Cons: Not free and cant remove spyware in trial version.

Posted: 31-Mar-2006 05:01:41 AM