Spyware Doctor Free Starter Edition for Vista and XP
Spyware Doctor is one of the best antispyware products available to us. It has been given many awards for its detection rate, consistent updates(which are small in size), spyware removal and less false positives. The only problem was it had only paid versions available. But now since partnering with Google there’s a new “Starter Edition” which is given free with Google-packs.
The new starter edition, like most “free” software doesn’t have some of the features available in the paid version (but that is to be expected since its given free).
The features not available in the free version are:
Startup Guard
Browser Guard
Process Guard
Cookie Guard
Keylogger Guard
Network Guard
Site Guard
Priority support
Phone support
So its not bad for a free product…
For a more detailed product comparison see screenshot below
How to install
Downloading is where it sucks, you need to use Google packs to download the thing but fortunately Google packs can be removed after installing what you want.
To download go to Google Packs web site select Spyware Doctor, download the Google pack installer and download the software from it.(later you can uninstall the updater safely)
If you want to keep the downloaded installer for later use follow the instructions given below.
1. Download Google-pack after selecting the software you want.
2. Run the program and let it download
3. Browse to the following location (keep in mind that you have to do this quickly before the downloading software gets installed because the Google updater deletes it once its installed)
C:\ProgramData\Google Updater\cache (for vista)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Google Updater\cache (for XP)
4. There should be a file with a .tmp extension. Now once the download is finished and the program is installing this .tmp changes to the setup file(.msi, .exe….), at that moment make sure to copy that file somewhere else.
nice one dude!
who even cares about those stupid guards…all they do is eat up ram…and I can’t see any use for them since Firefox is almost spyware-proof
on February 21, 2008
sry for the double post but here is the original link found it out while messing with pctools
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/google_pack/
on February 21, 2008
hmm yeah about the ram usage(takes about 70-100mb when operational), its very high but helpful if already infected and want to remove them..
also keep in mind spyware can come in downloaded stuff as well
on February 21, 2008
Hey Marik thanks alot for the link M8, i edited the post, btw if you have really important stuff to tell like this dun worry about the double post.
on February 22, 2008
ATTENTION – There is also another way to install just the Spyware Doctor Starter Edition direct to your pc without have to install the Google Pack, just go to Download.com, here is the link:
Link
on February 22, 2008
Sorry Javema61 the one you have given is version 5.1, which is an older version.
Google pack give the latest one which is 5.5.0.178
on February 22, 2008
i’m newbie …i just need some protection for my pc.. because i surfing web alot..Can promote some strong and latest software
on June 28, 2008
Thank you alot!
i always managed and failed to get this version working.
THANK YOU VEARY MUCH
NICE WORK
on July 27, 2008
The “Download Google Packs” link do not work. It is a dead link. Why it is still here?? No one ever check???
on August 26, 2008
well the link works fine, I just tried it works perfect
on August 26, 2008