Download Spybot 1.2

Spybot Search & Destroy is a program that scans your system for Spyware, Dailers, Keyloggers and more unwanted programs. Version 1.2 has recently been released and a large number of improvements have been incorporated. The release notes look like this:

We are proud to announce that Spybot-S&D 1.2 is ready for the public! Over the past two month, we’ve been working hard to add some nice new features as well as to make the whole thing easier for newbies. Here’s a short list of the most important changes:

• Introduced Easy mode for newbies, Advanced mode for pros
• Improved detections to avoid false positives (MD5 checksums)
• Improved detection mechanisms for morphing files (dynamic checksums)
• Added new Immunize section as a preventive measure against spyware
• Improved help (including description of each page, quick help & help buttons on each page)
• Added silent mode command line parameters
• Fixed some problems appearing as Zugriffsverletzung
• Improved readability for blind users
• Improved and printable logs
• Fixed bug that prevented all user accounts to be scanned
• Improved support for running on non-admin account
• Added support for external file viewers

on the update page you’ll also see the updates coming with version 1.2, including more than a hundred new dialer variants and improved detections for some other threats.