Comments on: Download Spybot Software or Spyware Doctor

By: kandeekane

kandeekane — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:18:57 +0000

Isn’t Spybot anti malware protection while AVG free is virus protection only? I have used AVG free and Spybot for years and love them both. Easy to install, use and understand. My experience is that they don’t conflict with each other because they are 2 different types of protection. Thanx.

By: enge

enge — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:22:45 +0000

Hello Nils,
I’ve always had good luck with Spybot. Now I’m faced with another issue related to a virus possibly taking out IE. I wanted to send you a comment regarding this as I don’t have access to the internet. I downloaded Spybot/Spyware Doctor on a jump drive and transferred it and installed it onto the suspect laptop. Now when I try to run the app it needs to connect via the internet for updates before proceeding. Is there a workaround for this by chance?
Thanks for providing a good product!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:06:09 +0000

Hi Nils, I just bought a new computer and we already have Norton Anti-virus Online 2011 that was supplied by our internet service provider. I have used Spybot S&D with it on the old computer without problems, I ran it manually periodically. I have been doing a lot research about anti-virus software and am aware that it’s not advised to run more than one at a time. Since I already have Norton Online do I even need another program like Spyware Doctor and if so will they be compatible? If not what program would you suggest?
Thanks.

By: Nils Rognerud

Nils Rognerud — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:35:57 +0000

I will simply reboot the computer in SAFE mode, and try again. Here is a short video to show how to reboot the computer in SAFE mode:

http://softdownloads.com/spybot_search_and_destroy/safe-mode/

-Nils (admin)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:02:33 +0000

Nils, I have a question: I downloaded Spyware Doctor and ran a full scan. It reported 177 infections and about 8 virus related file entries. When I clicked on the “fix” button, the program (Spyware Doctor) crashed. I rebooted the computer and am trying to run the scan again. I am concerned the infection and virus presence on my PC is messing with Spyware Doctor and I don’t know what to do next. Your thoughts?

By: Nils Rognerud

Nils Rognerud — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:01:36 +0000

Cookies are very low threat to your computer. I wouldn’t worry about cookies.

-Nils (admin)

By: margo

margo — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:13:49 +0000

i cant remove cookies from my computor will it harm anything

By: N/A

N/A — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:02:43 +0000

I had some malicious program invade my computer. It would not allow download of any anti virus or anti malware program. The way I was able to get rid of it was to download a malicious removal tool from microsoft.com onto a USB flash drive and run that program from there.

By: Nils Rognerud

Nils Rognerud — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:18:48 +0000

You said you tried everything? Are you also saying Spyware Doctor (download from this web page) does not find the malware you mention!?

Let me know via a post here, and I will try to help further.

-Nils (admin)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:17:21 +0000

Please help. I cannot get something called ‘babylon’ off my computer. It is slowing everything down and I suspect it is malicious. Can you help, I have tried everything.