Anti-virus software and firewalls do not fully protect your system against the majority of spyware and privacy threats. Because spyware is commonly bundled with software downloads, attached to e-mails, or transmitted through networks it can appear to be legitimate software, but once installed it can be nearly impossible to detect and remove without the help of a dedicated spyware removal tool like Spyware Doctor.

Spyware Doctor has consistently been awarded Editors" Choice, by leading PC magazines and testing laboratories around the world, including United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and Australia. All current versions of Spyware Doctor have won Editors" Choice awards from PC Magazine in United States. In addition, after leading the market in 2005, Spyware Doctor was awarded the prestigious Best of the Year at the end of 2005.

Spyware Doctor Tools:
- Spyware & Adware Scanner Keylogger
- Guard Popup
- Blocker Phishing
- Protector Real Time
- Protection Browser
- Guard Spyware Cookie
- Guard Malware
- Immunizer

Spyware Doctor Features:
* Detects and removes malware infections including spyware, adware, browser hijackers, Trojans, keyloggers, dialers and tracking cookies
* Frequent Smart Updates to detect and guard against new infections as well as adding enhancements to Spyware Doctor
* A wide range of sophisticated scanning tools including:
--- A Hosts Scanner, which scans the Windows Hosts file for any mappings that may have been altered as a result of malware activities.
--- A Browser Defaults, Favorites and ZoneMap Scanner, which determines if malware has altered your browser home page, favorites or has added any malicious sites to your Trusted Sites list.
--- A Startup Scanner, which removes references to malicious programs that run at startup in the registry and Windows startup files, as well as malicious files in Windows startup locations.
--- State-of-the-art scanning engines, including file scan, memory scan, registry scan, browser helper objects scan, cookie scan and much more.
* The OnGuard feature, designed for continual protection against malware infections and associated activities on your computer
--- A patent pending Keylogger Guard tool, which uses behavioral detection as opposed to signature-dependent methods to detect and block keylogger activities on your computer.
--- An effective Browser Guard, which scans and removes unwanted Browser Extensions in addition to Browser Helper Objects.
--- A powerful Immunizer tool to keep your browsing safe.
--- An easy-to-use Popup Blocker.
--- A Scheduler, to allow scheduling of a Quick Scan, Full Scan or Smart Update at specified times and intervals.
--- A Site Guard tool (Anti-Phishing).
--- A Process Guard tool, which prevents known malicious processes from running on your computer.
--- A Startup Guard tool, which checks for and removes malicious files that attempt to run automatically on your system when Windows starts up.
* Ability to quarantine and restore items that have been detected
Spyware Doctor allows you to remove malware infections from your system that have been detected in a scan, or quarantine them into a contained area. The majority of infections that have been quarantined can be restored at a later time for example. You can customize Spyware Doctor to either remove or quarantine malware items fixed in a scan.

New in this release:

- New Spider Scanning Technology (patent pending)
Spyware Doctor is pleased to introduce its new innovative Spider Scanning Technology (patent pending). The technology promises to significantly reduce scanning time (in some cases up to 25%) and produce more threat detections. The spider scan works intelligently by using a combination of signature and behavioral scanning techniques to quickly and effectively identify spyware threats.

- New Rootkit scanning
Along with the "Hidden process detection" feature (which blocks rootkits at the kernel driver level), the latest version of Spyware Doctor now adds an additional layer of rootkit protection by incorporating a new rootkit scanner. Spyware Doctor is now fully capable of detecting and removing hidden processes associated with complex threats and rootkits. Such threats are otherwise difficult to remove by conventional means since they may be hidden to the operating system.

- New ADS detection & removal capability
Some nasty types of spyware have the ability to attach themselves to ordinary, harmless files through "Alternate Data Streams" (ADS). When this occurs, the item of spyware is hidden, and the harmless file appears unchanged to the user. Spyware Doctor now has the ability to detect these types of nasty threats which hide themselves in ADS.

- New Malicious KL (Kernel Level) Process killer
Spyware Doctors" new "KL Process killer" technology detects, kills & removes malicious processes which operate at the Windows Kernel level. This enables Spyware Doctor the ability to stop troublesome processes from running that either hide themselves or attempt to restart upon termination.

- New GUI (Graphical User Interface) features
Spyware Doctor"s GUI has been enhanced with a new system status area that allows users to easily distinguish which parts of the program need updating or attention. For example, if a smart update is available for download, the GUI will have a red alert; with information advising the user how to perform the smart update. The new GUI also includes support for the Japanese language, along with new proxy & domain whitelist configuration tools (in the settings area).