SpywareGuard
A real-time protection solution against spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
Powerful, Free Protection
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System Requirements
SpywareGuard works on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP. Not tested on Vista.
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Real-Time Guard SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster's protection method.


Features Listing
  • Fast Real-Time Scanning engine - catch and block spyware before it is executed (EXE and CAB files supported) with signature-based scanning for known spyware and heuristic/generic detection capabilities to catch new/mutated spyware
  • Download Protection - prevent spyware from being download in Internet Explorer
  • Browser Hijacking Protection - stop browser hijacking activity in real-time
  • Small size - with a small size and small definition sizes, download and updates are quick
  • Report Capabilities - keep a detailed log of all spyware detected
  • Spyware files are blocked before being opened or run - they are not simply shut down after they are loaded in memory (and after they have performed their tasks)
  • It's a free download


A Work-in-Progress While we do strive to fix any compatibility problems that may arise, we cannot guarantee that it will not conflict with other security software on your machine. SpywareGuard has also not been tested with Windows Vista.

If you are worried about potential compatibility issues with SpywareGuard, we recommend that you download SpywareBlaster instead - our no-nonsense, polished anti-spyware solution.

A Work-in-Progress While we do strive to fix any compatibility problems that may arise, we cannot guarantee that it will not conflict with other security software on your machine. SpywareGuard has also not been tested with Windows Vista.

If you are worried about potential compatibility issues with SpywareGuard, we recommend that you download SpywareBlaster instead - our no-nonsense, polished anti-spyware solution.

FAQ
  1. Is SpywareGuard compatible with Windows Vista?
    We have not done extensive testing with SpywareGuard on Windows Vista. We recommend that you consider SpywareBlaster instead, which has been built for, and extensively tested with, Windows Vista.

  2. Why is the most recent database update for SpywareGuard dated 2004?
    Some of SpywareGuard's strongest protection is its Browser Hijacking Protection, which is a behavior-based defense. It doesn't need any sort of definition updates, and is still as effective (and powerful) as it was on the day of release.

    The current real-time protection built into SpywareGuard 2.2, which does use the database updates, has been extended about as much as is possible. This doesn't mean that the current real-time scanning is ineffective - rather that it is limited to detecting most variants of the families of items contained in its last published database.