 SpyHunter
SpyHunter reviewSpyHunter is a quite simple, but yet highly effective spyware remover with an easy-to-use interface. This program is an excellent choice for users, who are not computer savvy, but it’s also recommended for experienced users with a need for light on-demand scanner. SpyHunter provides reliable protection against regular spyware and adware parasites, browser hijackers and similar threats.SpyHunter was comprehensively tested by our research team. Test results revealed that the application is very good in identifying and removing traditional privacy threats such as spyware, adware, browser hijackers, malicious toolbars, dialers, malware pests and other unsolicited software. It successfully eliminates emerging, yet not widely spread parasites. The program also detects some viral parasites including trojans, keyloggers and memory resident threats. However, it's rather traditional anti-spyware than all-in-one solution. Some might not like this, but in our opinion, a combination of several powerful stand-alone tools is much better than one bloated security suite. SpyHunter scans the Windows registry, running processes and web browser cookies. It thoroughly examines all the files on each local hard drive. The application provides several scan modes. It can be set to scan the entire system, perform a quick scan or check user-defined locations and selected system components. Scan engine utilizes unique techniques that allow removing difficult spyware and malware that some competitive products cannot even find. Scan reports are informative enough. The program displays full paths to malicious objects detected and provides plain parasite descriptions. The spyware remover uses an extensive spyware definitions database updated on a regular basis. Currently, it contains almost 30,000 signatures of different security and privacy threats. SpyHunter is a very user-friendly application, so it doesn't come with plenty of additional utilities and extra functions that most of us never use. There are only a few tools. RollBack Manager allows restoring accidentally removed objects. Exclusion Manager can be used to force the application to ignore certain objects or suspicious programs. Repair Internet Connection restores active Internet link corrupted by spyware. The application's user interface is intuitive, attractive and very easy-to-use. The official web site is www.enigmasoftware.com. Purchases are made via secure connection. In early 2004, SpyHunter was blamed for producing false positives and using aggressive advertising techniques. This resulted in a lot of BAD SpyHunter reviews published. Some of them were harsh, but fair, while others were simply ridiculous. We confirm that SpyHunter was promoted aggressively by some affiliates, but all them were eventually banned by program makers in late 2004. Early SpyHunter versions had some obvious drawbacks. The product's version 2.0 resolved all these issues. Current version is 2.7. Learn how to effectively use SpyHunter. Read SpyHunter tutorial Compare SpyHunter to other spyware removers Discuss SpyHunter in spyware removal Forum  Typical scan report SpyHunter spyware remover was carefully tested by 2-spyware.com research center. The review is the result of our test. If you know additional information about SpyHunter spyware remover or information given on the page seems inacurate please send us the note. -- Information added: 17/02/05 Information updated: 04/11/09
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1. by Guest. 2009-11-04 09:11:00
Never deal with them. What they sell is a subscription - you have to pay again and again. I was not able to contact them to have payments stop - I had to change my creditcard. This stinks big. Good luck all / Lars Christensen
2. by Guest. 2009-05-25 19:05:41
My name is Jeffrey Winslett. About a month ago my Spyhunter stopped working. I want to get a refund because after trying everything I knew to get it working, I was freaking out because a worm had entered my computer, so I wound up having to get Norton Antivirus to keep from messing up my computer.
3. by Guest. 2009-05-24 05:05:18
I have tried many things, from AVG,Mcafee,Malwarebytes, and the list goes on.I think the thirty bucks is worht it.This has worked the best for me in removing winpc2006 and some other 2009 thing that kept coming up.
4. by Guest. 2009-04-08 16:04:52
Don't bother with it. I found a lot of compatibility issues with the program. I have uninstalled it. Currently I use Spy Sweeper and Spyware Doctor together, both work fine with no issues.
5. by Guest. 2009-02-28 04:02:48
I would not use
6. by Guest. 2009-02-10 13:02:36
I just tried to download SpyHunter and my SpuBot Search & Destroy program wouldn't allow it saying it 's malicious spyware. So it blocked the installation. What the heck kind of program is this SpyHunter????
7. by Guest. 2009-02-10 13:02:28
I just tried to download SpyHunter and my SpuBot Search & Destroy program wouldn't allow it saying it 's malicious spyware. So it blocked the installation. What the heck kind of program is this SpyHunter????
8. by Guest. 2009-02-10 13:02:08
I just tried to download SpyHunter and my SpuBot Search & Destroy program wouldn't allow it saying it 's malicious spyware. So it blocked the installation. What the heck kind of program is this SpyHunter????
9. by Guest. 2009-01-11 06:01:25
Can anyone explain how this program finds malware all the other scanners doesn't?
10. by Guest. 2008-10-28 15:10:47
Spyhunter IS ROGUE
11. by Guest. 2008-10-09 06:10:08
I have tried many other like spyware doctor and Ad-Aware SE and this one really got rid of pests like "Windows antivirus rogue" and the likes that really were wreaking havock on the stations i worked with.
Great efficient product with no nonsense not useful functions!
12. by Guest. 2008-09-06 09:09:45
i have norton antivirus 2008 and it said nothing about spyhunter 3 so it cant be a virus or spyware. the funny thing is that antivirus didnt find all the stuff spyhunter found
13. by Guest. 2008-07-31 05:07:33
spybot detecting spyhunter is example of bad competition. if you browse web about this situation you will find out that creators of spyhunter sued spybot company several times because of this.
14. by Guest. 2008-07-30 10:07:36
I used Spyhunter to get rid of Av 2009. I then used spybot serarch and destroy and it came up with that spyhunter is spyware so i deleted it. is it realy spyware
15. by Guest. 2008-06-24 14:06:21
I'm doing some tests with this, PC-Cillin's software (the "Legitimate" one), CyberDefender possibly, and SpyHunter.
16. by Guest. 2008-02-21 23:02:51
is there any way to use this without paying for it?
17. by Guest. 2008-02-04 21:02:03
It reads all other spyware detectors as spyware; including the highly rated ones on this site.
18. by Guest. 2007-10-06 09:10:06
I don't trust this software, plus - they will charge your credit card again after 6 months.
19. by Guest. 2007-08-27 04:08:53
i problem, not update to windows why and how i'm update to windows
20. by Guest. 2007-08-27 03:08:06
i want run regedit,but not run why
21. by Guest. 2007-07-18 00:07:42
thank very much !!
22. by Guest. 2007-07-13 06:07:36
if im paying for a spyware remover i expect it to be a clean product...
23. by Guest. 2007-07-13 06:07:20
why did avg cripple it by removing the bundled spyware/software
24. by Guest. 2007-05-20 04:05:03
i m onli a 13 yrs old kid can help mi make it free i need to remove spylocked
25. by Guest. 2007-04-25 03:04:45
I am waiting for new spyhunter to see if it is getting better. Although for the moment i would stick to spyware doctor.
26. by Guest. 2005-10-01 23:10:43
On here the SpyHunter is very highly reguarded, but on TopTenReviews, SpyHunter matches Mcafee Antispyware in overall ratings. How ever, SpyHunter has a better detection rate, but Mcafee Antispyware has a better feature set.
27. by Guest. 2005-09-29 17:09:42
AS TIME GOES ON ITS GOTTEN SLOWER AND SLOWER, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SLOW SPYWARE PROGRAM. BY ALL MEANS THERE COULD BE SOME THAT ARE SLOWER, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM. I AM READY TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN!
28. by Guest. 2005-09-29 17:09:01
Yea SpyHunter has been at 100% for at least 5 minutes now.
Meaning the blue box had reached the end.. and nothing is happening.
The files are being scanned very slowly.
29. by Guest. 2005-09-29 17:09:35
SpyHunter seems to take a very long time to scan files.
I had Spy Doctor and that worked really well, but it keps having shutdown problems.
No Spyware or Virus Scan Program can detect what is wrong with my computer, or why it freezes every 5 minutes for 30-40 seconds at a time.
Error Doctor seemed to find the most problems of all these programs.
30. by Guest. 2005-09-22 21:09:00
Toptenreviews gave spy hunter a review and it came matched with Mcafee Antispyware
31. by Guest. 2005-09-01 01:09:44
All three mentioned sites made their review to the old version of spyhunter and never retested it. additionally adawarereport gives highest reviews for the programs who pays highest commissions. Download.com is full of false users reviews, Spyhunter never had any spyware or adware in it. That also dirty tricks of competitors. So reviews there are old and not accurate.
32. by Guest. 2005-08-31 22:08:08
Spy Hunter seems...... Objectable... After all, download.com, Adware Report, and Spywarewarrior all gave bad reviews about it. Adware Report: 0 stars Download.com: 2 stars Spywarewarrior: 2 stars
33. help by Guest. 2005-04-29 16:04:40
spyware search and destroy detected "dpwnload accelerator plus ads". its the only 1 that detected it, but it can not remove it. do u have any suggestions?
34. why did you deleted my previous comment?? by Guest. 2005-04-22 00:04:04
anyway, for everyone out there... I do not recommend it to anyone.
Admin EDIT.
The comment was libelous and was edited. After careful analysis of the software we didn't find any false positives with spyhunter.
35. re: comment about Spy Hunter by 2005-03-31 19:03:13
i need something for windows 95!!!!!!!
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