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CA Anti-Spyware 2009

by Paul Rowlingson

27 Jul 2009

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Verdict

Protect your PC using this commercial anti-spyware tool

Review Rating: rating

Type: Function limited demo

Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista

Manufacturer: Computer Associates

Size: 34.5MB

Number of Downloads: 2313

Price: $39.99

CA Anti-Spyware

Utility that sniffs out and highlights any spyware, adware and Trojans on your PC, ready for placing in quarantine or deletion.

The software now has a much improved interface to rival similar programs such as Ad-Aware. It is just as easy to use and, in some ways, performs a better job.

CA Anti-Spyware found items that the free version of Ad-aware missed in its scan, which may explain why Ad-aware is freeware and PestPatrol isn't.

You can become as involved in the analysis as you like, reading the huge amount of advice available and making your own decisions, or simply let PestPatrol do the donkey work.

After scanning your selected drives, CA Anti-Spyware lists any suspect files with advice on the threat (privacy etc), the risk (high/low) and what to do (delete/quarantine).

This demo has limited functionality in that it only deletes or quarantines a small selection of those items found.

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