Securing Your System with Super Anti-Spyware
When it comes to securing your
computer there’s no such software called “perfect”. But we can make ourselves
secure by selecting the right software to do the job. Even though all-in-one
security tools makes our life easier, we can’t guarantee that you are fully
protected. Hence, considering a separate anti-spyware solution is a wise move.
This is where Super Anti-Spyware fits in.
You can download a copy from their official servers. There
are four types of licenses and you select what suits best for you. In this
review, we tested the “Free” licensed copy of Super Anti-Spyware. Installation
process is a breeze and I can say that it’s the fastest installation I have
ever seen to now in security software for Windows.
Once it’s downloaded it will ask
whether you want to download the latest definition updates. By clicking on “OK”
it will automatically update itself to the latest version. Downloading times
may differ according to your internet connection.
Home
Screen
The Home screen is clean and it gives
you an idea of a control panel. It will show up as a regular application in
Windows taskbar and it’ll appear in your notification list too. By
right-clicking it you can access a bunch of different options and it’s really
cool. The main menu gives you options such as Scanning for harmful software,
scheduling,updating definitions, managing quarantined items and configuring
preferences. It’s simple and easy to use.
Notification
Icon and Options
It provides us three options for
scanning. Namely, Quick Scan, Complete Scan and Custom Sca. You can also change
scanning preferences in there too. We did a quick scan and for our suprise it
was really fast! Moreover, it was effective enough to catch five different
spyware hiding in our test system.
Preferences
Super AntiSpyware gives a plethora of
options too. You can even customize the Real-Time protection. The other most
important thing we noticed is that its system resource management. It took
about 75MB from the RAM and the total CPU usage was around 40% during the scan.
When it was in idle state it took only 676KB! It’s really a winner in that
category.
Removing detected items and
quarantined items is pretty fast and a piece of cake! In Free license they
don’t allow us to enable real time protection, scheduled scan and automatic
check for updates. & the real time protection finds everything even when you running regular scans.
Verdict
What we like: Detection
and the speed is awesome. Low impact in both scanning mode and idle state, wide
range of definitions, easy to use and pleasant interface. Portable edition is
pretty handy too.
What we don’t like: Almost
nothing except for the fact that it has no real-time protection in free license,
but the pro version is well worth the money, we use it and we are really happy!
Overall, it’s real contender in its
field and a worthy addition to your security software toolbox.
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