Detects and removes malware infections including spyware, adware, browser hijackers, Trojans, keyloggers, dialers and tracking cookies
Spyware Doctor utilizes a sophisticated database of malware infections to detect and remove malware from your computer. The database currently incorporates over 50,000 signatures. Multiple databases are released each week, assisting you to keep your system free of new infections.
Frequent Smart Updates to detect and guard against new infections as well as adding enhancements to Spyware Doctor
Run the Smart Update tool to receive the latest malware infection database updates as well as improvements to Spyware Doctor's functionality and Help documentation. By running Smart Update regularly, you can help keep your system free of new infections.
Rootkit scanning
Spyware Doctor is fully capable of detecting and removing hidden processes associated with complex threats and rootkits. Such threats are otherwise difficult to remove by conventional means since they may be hidden to the operating system.
Spider Scanning Technology (patent pending)
The innovative, patent-pending Spider Scanning Technology promises to significantly reduce scanning time (in some cases up to 25%1) and produce more threat detections. Spider scanning works intelligently by using a combination of signature and behavioral scanning techniques to quickly and effectively identify spyware threats.
ADS detection & removal capability
Alternate Data Stream (ADS) scanning allows Spyware Doctor to detect threats that attach themselves to ordinary, harmless files through an ADS. When this occurs, the item of spyware is hidden and the harmless file appears unchanged to the user. Spyware Doctor can detect and remove these types of nasty threats which hide themselves in ADSs.
Malicious KL (Kernel Level) Process killer
Kernel Level (KL) Process killer technology detects, kills & removes malicious processes that operate at the Windows Kernel level. This enables Spyware Doctor the ability to stop troublesome processes from running, which either hide themselves or attempt to restart upon termination.
A wide range of other sophisticated scanning tools including:
A Hosts Scanner, which scans the Windows Hosts file for any mappings that may have been altered as a result of malware activities.
A Browser Defaults, Favorites and ZoneMap Scanner, which determines if malware has altered your browser home page, favorites or has added any malicious sites to your Trusted Sites list.
A Startup Scanner, which removes references to malicious programs that run at startup in the registry and Windows startup files, as well as malicious files in Windows startup locations.
State-of-the-art scanning engines, including file scan, memory scan, registry scan, browser helper objects scan, cookie scan and much more.
The OnGuard feature, designed for continual protection against malware infections and associated activities on your computer
- A patent pending Keylogger Guard tool, which uses behavioral detection as opposed to signature-dependent methods to detect and block keylogger activities on your computer.
- An effective Browser Guard, which scans and removes unwanted Browser Extensions in addition to Browser Helper Objects.
- A powerful Immunizer tool to keep your browsing safe.
- An easy-to-use Popup Blocker.
- A Scheduler, to allow scheduling of a Quick Scan, Full Scan or Smart Update at specified times and intervals.
- A Site Guard tool (Anti-Phishing).
- A Process Guard tool, which prevents known malicious processes from running on your computer.
- A Startup Guard tool, which checks for and removes malicious files that attempt to run automatically on your system when Windows starts up.
Ability to quarantine and restore items that have been detected
Spyware Doctor allows you to remove malware infections from your system that have been detected in a scan, or quarantine them into a contained area. The majority of infections that have been quarantined can be restored at a later time for example. You can customize Spyware Doctor to either remove or quarantine malware items fixed in a scan
