On several occasions SpyHunter has identified safe/legitimate files as threats. You can select specifically your computers memory, registry, cookies, files and rootkits. You can run custom scans, which allows you to do a quicker scan of only certain files instead of always doing a full scan.

Customizing your settings can significantly reduce scan speeds and times. Select which parts of your computer you want to scan. If you don't recognize the file, you can stop it in it's tracks. If the program sees it necessary, a pop-up will come up asking you to allow a certain action from executing.

It also runs in the background ready to detect and block any potential threat from executing at all. SpyHunter does more than just scan and delete threats to your computer. AVTest is a highly respected security testing organisation and the current certification is a real plus point for SpyHunter. But the last certification was passed back in August 2018. This is very important, because programs that are deemed deceptive and unscrupulous and often try to get the user to purchase their software in fear are likely to produce a lot false positives. The third and final test is for false positives. The second test in based on spyware removal. The threats are also real-world and include typical unwanted toolbars, hijacked web browsers and popup advertising. On a test computer which I regard as something similar to something that resembles the environment that real-world users use (i.e you the reader) I first test detection rates on a collection of spyware, adware and malware samples gathered over the past month. Testing anti-spyware is challenging with the available resources and the sophistication of current day threats, but I try to follow a methodology that produces a thorough accessment as possible to create a set of ratings that are both meaningful and valid. SpyHunter displays anything it believes to be a threat in red.

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