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George Orwell

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Since: Apr 23, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:46 pm
Post subject: CNET says Spyware Doctor 2007 sucks
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CNET
http://snipurl.com/dofg

Spyware Doctor http://snipurl.com/spyware_proctologist suffers from
software glitches; failed to identify or remove a test Trojan horse;
returned a high number of false positive or extremely low-risk results;
doesn't include telephone support.

The bottom line: Until this recent release, Spyware Doctor was one of
the better antispyware choices. Nettlesome glitches and a low rate of
spyware removal, however, keep us from recommending Spyware Doctor for
now.

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Maximum Dog9

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Since: Mar 24, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:31 pm
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George Orwell wrote:
> CNET
> http://snipurl.com/dofg
>
> Spyware Doctor http://snipurl.com/spyware_proctologist suffers from
> software glitches; failed to identify or remove a test Trojan horse;
> returned a high number of false positive or extremely low-risk results;
> doesn't include telephone support.
>
> The bottom line: Until this recent release, Spyware Doctor was one of
> the better antispyware choices. Nettlesome glitches and a low rate of
> spyware removal, however, keep us from recommending Spyware Doctor for
> now.
>

Must you continuously report the news? Is there nothing else you can do,
from a technical aspect?

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Timothy Daniels

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:32 pm
Post subject: Re: CNET says Spyware Doctor 2007 sucks [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"George Orwell" wrote:
> CNET
> http://snipurl.com/dofg
>
> Spyware Doctor http://snipurl.com/spyware_proctologist suffers from
> software glitches; failed to identify or remove a test Trojan horse;
> returned a high number of false positive or extremely low-risk results;
> doesn't include telephone support.
>
> The bottom line: Until this recent release, Spyware Doctor was one of
> the better antispyware choices. Nettlesome glitches and a low rate of
> spyware removal, however, keep us from recommending Spyware
> Doctor for now.
>

Thanks for posting that. I was about to renew my subscription to
Spyware Doctor updates, but after reading the CNet review, I won't.
Now I wonder why PC Magazine didn't notice the problems in its
Anti-Malware review that it published this week.

*TimDaniels*
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