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Spybot - Search & Destroy

1.6.0.30 (July 8, 2008)

Windows (All) / Freeware / 64,243,665 downloads

Spybot - Search & Destroy searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; that is, little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display. Many of these modules also transmit information, including your surfing behavior on the Internet. If it finds such modules, it can remove them. In most cases the host still runs fine after removing the spyware/adware.

Another feature is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, and Opera.

  • Publisher

    Safer Networking Ltd.

  • Homepage

    Spybot - Search & Destroy

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Integrates parts of the future 2.0 file scanning engine to speed up the on-demand scan

    - Both immunization and the on-demand scan are able to access a dozen different browsers, which now includes the latest revisions of the most popular ones, Firefox and Opera

    - Easier On-Access Use

    - Safer Networking also announces OpenSBI, our attempt at opening up the fight against malware to anyone who wants to participate

  • Other Versions

    Spybot - Search & Destroy (Beta)

Latest Reviews

  1. decii

    1.6.0.30 (Jan 4, 2009)

    To solve the problem when appear messages like "Error by downloading updates" or "bad checksum":
    go to Update, change the mirror server and update again.
    It works for me.

  2. frankingsteins

    1.6.0.30 (Nov 5, 2008)

    When I try to update my Spybot S&D I keep getting !bad checksum!!! What does this mean and how do I correct it?

  3. etalmar

    1.6.0.30 (Sep 16, 2008)

    Version 1.6.0.30 is OK, but not nearly as good as this product used to be. Have been using Spybot SD for years, but this latest version takes a whopping *58* mins to scan my system, which is far too long.

    Add to that, the fact that the download is 14.38 MB and most weekly updates are usually a few MBs worth of data combined, so this app has really gotten quite bloated overall. I have since moved this program off of my PC on to a flash drive and will only scan with it if my system acts weird.

  4. tfantastico

    1.6.0.30 (Aug 8, 2008)

    I have a problem.
    Everytime i want to search for updates it gives me the message "Error by downloading updates".
    Can anybody help me out?

  5. Kylde

    1.6.0.30 (Jul 9, 2008)

    BSOD on reboot after install, I'll pass on this version :)

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