

Given the many excellent competing anti-spyware applications that are available (some for free), users would do better looking elsewhere for trustworthy anti-spyware protection.ĭomains:, , Testing indicates that it does not recognize some well-known spyware installations and has difficulty removing critical spyware/adware files even from those it does recognize (1).

#Better than flashfxp windows
While there are still unresolved allegations that SpyHunter transmits the Windows Product ID from users' PCs (1), we can no longer classify this application as "rogue/suspect." Nonetheless, SpyHunter - at least in its current state - cannot be recommended because of its mediocre performance as an anti-spyware scanner. It also unloaded all the "spybot" domains (which were promptly picked up by Paretologic for its XoftSpy anti-spyware application). Sometime during summer of 2004 the company halted the most obnoxious and objectionable aspects of its online advertising. These objectionable business practices were employed primarily from late-2002 to mid-2004. The company was also known for exploiting the name "spybot" in its domain names and online advertising. Quote Note on Enigma SpyHunter: Enigma's SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
