SuperAntiSpyware is a popular and effective malware scanner that is available as a free and professional version. The developers of the program have now launched SuperAntiSpyware Online Safe Scan, a free portable scanner for Windows systems. Some users may find the name to be misleading, as it is not a web based scanner such as Virus Total but a portable version of SuperAntiSpyware Free.
The developers suggest to run the application directly from within the web browser which is a possibility. Users with SuperAntiSpyware installed cannot run the online scanner at the same time as the core program (killing the process helps).
The program, offered as a .com file, leaves no traces on the system and does not need to be installed. Before you think about copying the program to an USB device or tools DVD, you should consider that there is no option to update the program database. The check for updates button and automatic updates option are grayed out and not selectable. This leaves on demand scans but only on systems with a working Internet connection (to download the portable program).
The program is limited to scanning and repairing the computer. Several features like scheduled scanning or automatic updates are grayed out and not selectable. The same is true for most of the program options which are also grayed out.
A click on scan your computer runs the selected scan. Available for selection are quick, complete, critical point, custom and rescue scans with complete scans being selected by default.
SuperAntiSpyware Online Safe Scan can remove threats found on the computer. This is an advantage of pure online scanners who usually cannot perform those operations.
The Repairs section can also be handy in cases to fix issues caused by malware. This includes reseting the browser homepage, enabling the task manager and system tray, resetting url prefixes or repairing broken network connections.
Those features alone make it a nice to have program. The downside is quite obvious: You need to re-download the program every time you want to scan a computer. If you do not you may not be using the latest program version.
Windows users who want to try out SuperAntiSpyare’s Online Safe Scan application can download it from the official website. (via)
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“The program, offered as a .com file, leaves no traces on the system and does not need to be installed.”
Not entirely true. Even the portable installs 2 SAS drivers pointing to the TEMP folder that I can later see thru autroruns. I usually delete them as the temp folder is cleared and the entries become invalid.
The tool seems very interesting to fight spyware, I’ll test the effectiveness.
The trouble is simple about people wanting to fix the troubles on there computers. Is to be able to get easy help or fix for there problems, so a website that is able to do that for You. That can be a very big step for people getting services like Windows Updating there computer. P.S. There would only need to be two websites to visit to fix your PC. Back when Windows 98SE was the BOSS. You were very limited to getting anything fixed in that time. In the early 90′s when i was using such.!