Disspy Pro 3.0

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License:
Free to try; $39.95 to buy
Editor's Rating:
3.0 stars
Average User Rating:
2.0 stars (out of 9 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
3,871
Requirements:
Windows 98/2000/XP
Limitations:
Removal-disabled
Date Added:
March 18, 2005

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Publisher's description of Disspy Pro

From LifeForm:

This spyware and adware scanner scans the memory, the registry, cookies, files, and folders for keyloggers, hijackers, dialers, spyware, adware, browser helper objects, spyware cookies, aggressive advertising, and other malware. Find out if you have any malicious software residents on your PC.

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Editor's review of Disspy Pro

3.0 stars
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Though this spyware utility has an impressive set of features, its poor performance overshadows any benefits a cool bag of tricks could offer. Disspy Pro includes an antispyware scanner, as well as a real-time monitor. Customization options are many and easy to use. You can select which system areas you want to check. If a program works improperly after a cleaning, you can both delete items and ask the program not to check the program again during the next go-round. Yet, during testing, Disspy Pro found far fewer malware items than similar programs we've encountered did. The real-time monitor wasn't as watertight as we'd like it to be. Surprisingly, the demo version of this program won't remove malware once it's found--a glaring problem, in our opinion. Because of this, we were left in the dark as to whether the program efficiently removes programs after identification. Overall, Disspy Pro has too many trouble spots to make it a useful download.

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Average user rating: 2.3 stars out of 9 votes
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1 stars

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: Disspy Pro 3.0

"False positives indeed."

by Nemesis6 on March 20, 2005

Pros: None that I know of...

Cons: Along with the first reviewer's report of false positives, there are other reports showing the same.

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5 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: Disspy Pro 3.0

"No false positives for me"

by armorgervin on March 21, 2005

Pros: It has found more files then Ad-Aware and no false positives for me.

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5 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: Disspy Pro 3.0

"Nice GUI, detects huge number of spyware, frequent updates..."

by mittarr on March 20, 2005

Pros: Best part is the real time monitor - you leave it ON and don't have to worry. Even if something get's installed on my comp, Disspy removes it...

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2 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: Disspy Pro 3.0

"Do not have it delete items without checking them first.."

by cbriney on March 18, 2005

Cons: With the trial version, all items identified as a problem by the scan were not problems. One was an entry in the registry for exporting a web page to Excel. Another was html tied to Realaudio. Others were IIS executables.

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4 stars

Version: Disspy Pro 3.0

"Found adware that AdAware and SpyBot couldn't ..."

by NosferatoXXL on May 23, 2005

Pros: Nice looking software, very fast scan process and good database. It found 2 more adware then AdAware or SpyBot!

Cons: Scan feature only available in this PRO version, but visit H-Desk home page and try Disspy LITE, it's almost the same but with removal feature! Works great for me!

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