Spybot – Search & Destroy
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Not to be confused with Spywarebot or TheSpyBot, a knockoff of this legitimate software.
Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software.
Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | Safer-Networking Ltd. |
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Initial release | 2000; 24 years ago (2000) |
Stable release | |
Written in | Delphi |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, and Symbian (older versions of Spybot only)[2] |
Type | Spyware removal software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | Safer-networking.org |
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Spybot-S&D was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish company Safer-Networking Limited. Development began in 2000 when Kolla, still a student, wrote a small program to deal with the Aureate/Radiate and Conducent TimeSink programs, two of the earliest examples of adware.