The comparison of Anti-Spyware Software

Link	PC Spyware Protection 2011	Spyware Doctor	Vipre/Counter Spy	Internet Security Pro	Spy Sweeper
Website	ataniumsoftware.com/...	pctools.com/...	vipre.com/...	trendmicro.com.au/...	webroot.com/...
Price	$ 24.95	$ 29.99	$ 19.95	$ 129.95	$ 29.95
APPLICATION INTERFACE
Ease of Use (Configuring Settings)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Least Manual Intervention	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Good Looking Interface	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Complete Help with Setup	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
PROTECTION & CLEANING
Shows Scan Progress	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Easy Export of Spyware Detection Report	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Independent Section Scan	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Ignore List	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Restore Quarantined Items	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scan single folder	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uninstall Option	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Context Menu Scan Option	No	No	Yes	No	No
Scheduler	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create System Restore Point before Cleaning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
On-Execution Driver	Yes	No	No
Compatible with Other Running AntiSpyware Application	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Section Details while scanning	Yes	No	Yes		No
Restore Removed Items	Yes	No	No		No
SPYWARE SCAN & CLEAN OPTIONS
Total Detections (Deep Scan)	1,596	1,013	928	1,016	354
Total Detections (Quick Scan)	533	677	603	-	86
Scan Time (Deep Scan)	5 :35 Mins	5 :50 Mins	12 :8 Mins	13 :04 Mins	17 :10 Mins
Scan Time (Quick Scan)	1:02 Mins	2:52 Mins	9:33 Mins	-	12:25 Mins
CPU Consumption - Running State	22 %	60 %	39 %	3 %	38 %
CPU Consumption - Scan	40 %	76 %	70 %	35 %	63 %
CPU Consumption - Update	45 %	69 %	5 %	8 %	2 %
Memory consumption - Running State	33.5 MB	55 MB	49 MB	72.6 MB	15 MB
Memory consumption - Scan	41 MB	85 MB	50 MB	97.8 MB	47 MB
Memory consumption - Update	90 MB	94 MB	44 MB	83.08 MB	23 MB
Database update time	1 :30 Mins	0 :30 Mins	2 :00 Mins	12 :21 Mins	3 :00 Mins
BHO Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
AppInit DLL Risk Protection	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Winlogon Shell Risk Protection	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Host File Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IE Trusted Sites Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IE Home Page Risk Protection	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Running Process Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Startup Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Startup Registry Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tracking Cookie	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
KeyLogger Risk Protection	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Process Guard - Detect hidden processes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Detection on basis of category (Cookies/Memory Process/ Registries/Files)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Alerts for Unknown Programs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Block Programs/ Registry Restrictions	Yes	No	No		No
Check .INI infections	No	No	Yes		No
Take desired action on Startup (Monitor in Background / Run Scan)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Previous Scan Statistics	Yes	No	Yes	No
All Drives Scan	Yes	No	Yes	No
Individual Section Details (Individually for Cookies/Memory Processes/Registries/Files)	Yes	No	Yes	No
Group Individual spyware Infections together	Yes	No	No		No
Restore Removed Spyware Items	Yes	No	No		No
Skip File Types (like .dll files from detection)	No	No	No		Yes
Threat Level in Scan Result	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Monoitor IE Favorites	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Block Internet Communication	No	No	No	Yes	No
Check ActiveX Components	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
System Explorer	Yes	No	No	No	No
Running Processes Listing	Yes	No	No	No	No
Alternate Data Streams Execution	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Scan Email Attachment	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Running Dll's and Drivers Listing	Yes	No	No	No	No
Spyware Results Assocated to an Online Library	Yes	No	No	No	No

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