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SpywareBlaster doesn`t scan and clean for so-called spyware, but
prevents it from being installed in the first place. It achieves
this by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls,
and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage.
This allows you to run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but
it will never download or even prompt you for any of the known
ActiveX controls. All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work
fine. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these
known spyware Active-X controls and can be updated with the click of
a button. The application windows displays a list of all controls
that it is able to detect (this is not a list of what was found on
your computer). The program cannot detect if you have any of the
known objects already installed, but if you do, they will be
disabled. The program also allows you to take a snapshot of your
computer (certain settings) in its clean state and later revert many
changes made by spyware and browser hijackers. |
