Review of Super Anti-spyware Pro

Anti-spyware software market is a field with fierce competition. It is tough for "old payers" because they have to constantly improve their products and come up with new marketing ideas. It is tough for new manufacturers alike because they have to devise something never offered to the customer, and struggle to provide better support and communication than vendors with already established reputation.

Of course, anti-spyware software monsters like Sunbelt, PC Tools and Lavasoft don't have to worry about positioning their products. Each retains a market share and enjoys the credibility. But they still have to keep an eye on what's going in this highly competitive field because it's not that rare for a new product to join the anti-spyware makers' club.

Super Anti-spyware is one of such products. Backed up by a team of dedicated programmers, it gradually increases its customer loyalty. Tech forums are eager to recommend this antispyware program to everybody struggling with infected computer. So how does superantispyware stand up against long-time known competitors?
Despite the catchy name (Super Anti-spyware doesn't sound too humble), SAS contains enough features to impress any power Windows user.

• Scan and Removal are the two main functions that constitute an effective antispyware program. The more sophisticated the engine is, the more nasty bugs it can detect and remove. This is what we expect from any security program. Super anti-spyware easily scores highest rates here, even when put against products with antivirus module.
• Super anti-spyware is especially good fighting rogue security programs (all kinds of Malware Detectors, Ultimate Defenders, XP Shields, etc). It also detects Trojans that are known to cause much damage to Windows systems, including Vundo, Zlob and Virtumonde. It is worth pointing out that major antivirus suites like Norton and McAfee miss these threats almost all the time.
• SAS boasts to detect rootkits because it scans file system on a deeper level than many competitors do. It also thoroughly checks the Registry for malicious entries.
• Daily Updates can be set to download manually or scheduled for automated check. Normally the program would connect to its server 3 times a day. For every update received, SAS will provide a detailed description of downloaded definitions, signatures and fixes.
• Super anti-spyware Pro licensing policy is something that hardly any other similar product offers. For a one-time fee it's possible to purchase a Lifetime subscription licnse!
• Real-time monitor checks all starting/running processes for malware patterns, and also scans the incoming web traffic. If you happen to open a dangerous website, SAS will promptly block it and warn you.
• Working in idle mode, super anti-spyware consumes about 300-400 Kilobytes of system memory. That's the smallest footprint I can think of. Even for old Pentium-III based computers, SAS is ideal in terms of used resources.
• A Repair feature is a set of commands that can be used to restore various system settings if corrupt by malware. Thus, SuperAntiSpyware can repair the desktop background and icons, Taskbar, Task Manager, Registry Editor, Command Prompt, Network Configuration and many other Windows tools/settings. Because current Internet threats are likely to damage these part of Windows in the first place, this feature of SAS is very handy to have.
• 10 languages supported for interface configuration.
• Boot-time updating and scan available (slows down the start-up time).
• Allows to exclude folders/files from scan.

But it doesn't mean that Super anti-spyware is perfect. Of course some people will not like it due to one or another reason. So, it doesn't include antivirus module unlike some competing products do (PC Tools Spyware Doctor, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Sunbelt Vipre, Webroot, to name a few). Its tray icon (a bug) may not appeal to those looking for animated transparent icons, but honestly, a security program does not have to impress with its tray icon.

Overall, Super anti-spyware is a robust application, optimized for smallest memory footprint, highly reliable (I never experienced it to freeze or hang), with a number of advanced settings to play with. Because it is available in a free edition as well, I recommend you at least to try it out. Super Anti-spyware is worth checking out.

Read the full review of Super Anti-spyware Pro by Kelly Wright.