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Article: The best antispyware tool available? PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5.0.(anti-virus software)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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pc world BEST BUYS
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Spyware Doctor 5.0 looks remarkably similar to version 4. Probe a little deeper, however, and the feature set has been noticeably extended.
Spyware Doctor is now able to integrate with other PC Tools products. With this release, there's an optional upgrade to the PC Tools antivirus engine, so that incoming e-mails are checked for spyware and viruses, while the scanner looks for both sorts of malware.
One criticism concerning updates has been addressed. Previously, updates had to be manually initiated, but now it's possible to set up automatic "silent" updates that require no user intervention. This means ...