AntiSpyware 2008 Review

Software Description: AntiSpyware 2008 is a cutting-edge anti-spyware solution. Our revolutionary Antispyware Free Scan was created by the industry’s top spyware experts in order to protect your computer and your privacy, while ensuring optimal system performance. With the ability to locate, eliminate and prevent the widest range of spyware threats.

The Good: Antispyware 2008 is very effevtive at locating, removing threats and thus protecting your computer from dangerous Trojans, worms and dialers. It does a good job on blocking most of all the testing threats in our lab.

The program consists of four major components as a typical antispyare product does: Scan, Settings, Quarantined List and Ignore List. Besides, there are lots of add-on goodies bundled with this application that might be useful for some users for certain specific purposes, such as BHO Manager, Startup Manager, Backup, Home Page Manager, Add/Remove Program and Scan Scheduler. All of the features it provides can be used to effectively eliminate the threats it detects, so you can feel pretty safe with the protection from this software.

The schedule scanning and automatic update features make it quite convenient for you to consolidate the functions this product provides. If you would like to monitor these features yourself, you can alternatively disable these features and run it manually.

The Bad: Although Antispyware 2008 does a good job as it promised, it does not provide enough help information for this relatively complicated product. The tips on the interface can be a bit confusing without additional information on specific features; the scanning engine could be improved to better indentify the latest threats.

The Bottom Line: Antispyware 2008 definitely gets the job done. It can scan and remove almost all the threats currently hidden on the PC system, as well as providing the real-time protection to safeguard your system from the immediate attacks of Trojans, worms and dialers.

To be the second one in our official rated chart, AntiSpyware 2008 is a Spyware removal program with fairly solid functions. Although not as popular as the No.1 product, this software still possesses lots of wonderful features you are looking for in any typical anti-Spyware product. It is compatible with Windows 98, ME, 2000,XP and the latest Vista. However, without much help information, we find that it is not that easy for an average user to go through all of the features it provides, especially for users with little knowledge on computer usage.

Feature Set

AntiSpyware 2008 is a powerful product with the ability to detect all kinds of threats and operate in real-time, so that the intrusion from Spywares and Adwares can be detected and terminated before they hack your computer and track down every move you operate on your system. The scan reports are easy to understand and include color-coded threat indicators and descriptions of the Spywares and Adwares found on your computer. Anti-Spyware2008 makes computer operating much easier with the add-on features of Startup Manager and Homepage Manager. The Startup Manager allows you admister which application to be started upon the system startup, while the Homepage Manager allows you to restore the orginal settings of Internet Explorer. Meanwhile, there are also utilities of BHO Manager, Backup, Add/Remove Manager and Scan Schedule built in this software.

Effectiveness

AntiSpyware 2008 is able to scan and remove Spywares and Adwares as many as other products do. To further protect your computer, it is better to set the Auto Update feature automtically as to ensure you are safe anytime regardless of any latest threat attacks.

Ease of Use

AntiSpyware 2008 offers an easy and intuitive way for you to easily operate the main functions. However, there are many built-in utilities in AntiSpyware2008 that any computer novice might get confused and lost.

Customization

To customize the settings in AntiSpyware 2008 is fairly easy.

Ease of Setup

You can setup AntiSpyware 2008 after you download it, click open button, the installation will begin quickly.

Help/Support

AntiSpyware 2008 claims to offer worldwide support, both live chat and Email. However, it should have more information to make a better product.

Summary

AntiSpyware 2008 is an easy and intuitive antispyware that can protect your computer and your privacy effectively. However, the help information should be improved to make a better and sophisticated product.