

We should say, that it takes almost a full 1 hour to scan the whole PC. First thing to take notice of is Live Protection feature, devised to speed up the actual scanning process detecting malware and viruses. Besides malware removal capabilities, there’s real-time antivirus protection, though only available in paid versions. The free version of Spybot provides security tools that protect an operating system from different types of malware. €49.99 Spybot Technician`s (1 Year, 1 PC) Real time protection, Anti-Beacon, Startup manager

For proper functioning of Spybot anti-malware tool, there should be 300 MB of free space at least on a hard drive. It supports Windows XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 Server, Win 7 and 8, while versions for another operating systems are on the way, according to the vendor - Safer-Networking Ltd., Ireland. The version we are reviewing and testing herein is Spybot Search & Destroy 2.7.64.0. for corporate users and experts with access to advanced versions. On the other hand, the program has fine additional features, including repair disk procedures, analyzing OS/hardware/boot sector, rootkit scan, etc. Even though the free version of Spybot does not defend against viruses, which are only one of the types of malicious software.įirst thing to note is that Spybot free version only provides scanning option, real-time live protection against malware/spyware is accessible within paid version only. Spybot has been widely popular since 2000 as a tool to protect operating systems from adware, spyware, suspicious files. If you were to look into several lists of best anti-malware software 2018/2019 appearing in Google top results, you would see Spybot Search & Destroy in almost all of them.
