Spybot Search & Destroy is een programma wat je systeem scant op Spyware, Dailers, Keyloggers en meer ongewenste programma's. Sinds kort is versie 1.2 beschikbaar en hierin zijn een groot aantal verbeteringen verwerkt. De release notes zien er als volgt uit:
We are proud to announce that Spybot-S&D 1.2 is ready for the public! Over the past two month, we've been working hard to add some nice new features as well as to make the whole thing easier for newbies. Here's a short list of the most important changes:On the update page you'll also see the updates coming with version 1.2, including more than a hundred new dialer variants and improved detections for some other threats.
- Introduced Easy mode for newbies, Advanced mode for pros
- Improved detections to avoid false positives (MD5 checksums)
- Improved detection mechanisms for morphing files (dynamic checksums)
- Added new Immunize section as a preventive measure against spyware
- Improved help (including description of each page, quick help & help buttons on each page)
- Added silent mode command line parameters
- Fixed some problems appearing as Zugriffsverletzung
- Improved readability for blind users
- Improved and printable logs
- Fixed bug that prevented all user accounts to be scanned
- Improved support for running on non-admin account
- Added support for external file viewers