Overview

Spyware Doctor with Antivirus is a top-rated malware, spyware & virus removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, viruses, keyloggers, spybots and tracking threats. Spyware Doctor’s advanced Intelliguard technology only alerts users on a true spyware and virus detection. Spyware Doctor with Antivirus has the most advanced update feature that continually improves its spyware and virus fighting capabilities on a daily basis. As spyware gets more complex in order to avoid detection, Spyware Doctor responds with new technology to stay one step ahead.

Installation

Installation is straight-forward and easy following the install wizard. During installation make sure to uncheck the Google Toolbar which is selected by default unless you want to install it for some reason.

While the installation process is completing it will automatically update the latest virus signatures to make sure everything is current.

Features

One of the biggest positive changes to Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2010 is the incorporation of Behavior Guard which is powered by their ThreatFire engine that we have covered previously. This protects against Zero-day threats that can exploit security holes in the OS or other applications. When ThreatFire detects malicious or suspicious activity, it immediately terminates the activity, isolates the offending program and notifies you with an alert.

Easy to use intuitive interface makes it very easy to scan for malware and control other features.

Spyware Doctor’s advanced IntelliGuard technology only alerts users on a true spyware and virus detection.

Network Guard blocks unwanted changes to your network settings.

Scan and disinfect malware attachments from getting into your inbox with Email Guard.

Site Guard blocks access to shady websites that try to infect your system.

Browser Guard protects you from apps or sites that try to hijack your homepage or change any security settings.

Protect your system from malware apps from configuring themselves to run at startup with Startup Guard.

Malware Detective is a tool that analyzes problem settings on your PC and sends the report to PC Tools.

You can easily customize how Spyware Doctor runs and notifies you through their settings section.

Smart Updates makes sure the malware definition files are up to date and protecting against the latest threats.

Additional Features

• File Guard monitors malware files from being accessed
• Cookie Guard monitors for malicious and adware cookies and removes them
• Immunizer Guard protects against ActiveX threats
• Game Mode postpones scans, updates, and alerts while playing your favorite video game
• Power Saving Mode doesn’t schedule tasks to run when laptop is on battery power
• Seven layers of protection that catch threats which come from several entry points

Ease of Use

If you are familiar with other products from PC Tools you will find this as easy to use as any of their other products. The user interface is laid out logically making running scans and customizing features simple.

When threats are detected you can view where it’s located and click to find out more detail on it.

It provides real-time protection and you’ll be notified if a threat is detected and can then take the appropriate actions against it.

During installation it offers to turn off Windows Defender for you to prevent conflicts between the two utilities.

Control Scans, Immunization, and Intelliguard protections right from the main interface.

You can scan individual files by accessing Spyware Doctor from the context menu.

The icon sits in your taskbar and you can access various functions by right-clicking and selecting from the menu.

Performance

We ran our tests on a Windows 7 system with a dual core AMD processor and 2 GB of RAM and there was no slow down while doing day to day mutli-tasking. Intelli-scans are quick but full system scans are time consuming.

Product Support

They offer several ways to get support their site including FAQ, Knowledgebase, downloadable user guides, community forums, phone support, and live chat.

Conclusion

What makes this version awesome is they added the ThreatFire detection engine that provides the extra detection of Zero-Day threats. It is fast, easy to use, light on system resources and they provide great customer support. It provides multi-layers of protection that protect your system from threats from virtually any direction. Spyware Doctor with Antivirus is affordable with a cost of $39.99 for a full year subscription to protect up to three different computers. If you’re looking for an effective and affordable total protection security suite, Spyware Doctor plus Antivirus is a top choice.

Works with XP, Vista (32 and 64 bit), and Windows 7 (32-64 bit)

Rating

• Installation: 8
• Ease of Use: 9
• Features: 9
• Performance: 8
• Product Support: 8