<s>
Spybot	B-Application
–	I-Application
Search	I-Application
&	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
(	O
S&D	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
spyware	O
and	O
adware	O
removal	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
compatible	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dating	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
Adwares	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Spybot	B-Application
scans	O
the	O
computer	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and/or	O
RAM	B-Architecture
for	O
malicious	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
Patrick	B-Application
Michael	I-Application
Kolla	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
distributed	O
by	O
Kolla	O
's	O
Irish	O
company	O
Safer-Networking	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spybot	B-Application
–	I-Application
Search	I-Application
&	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
was	O
formerly	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
for	O
personal	O
users	O
(	O
the	O
former	O
freeware	B-License
edition	O
is	O
now	O
a	O
donationware	B-License
)	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
featureful	O
versions	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paid	O
versions	O
contain	O
an	O
anti-virus	B-Application
component	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
BitDefender	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
spyware	O
and	O
adware	O
detection	O
and	O
disinfection	O
,	O
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
can	O
repair	O
the	O
registry	B-Protocol
,	O
winsock	B-Library
LSPs	I-Library
,	O
ActiveX	B-Application
objects	O
,	O
browser	O
hijackers	O
and	O
BHOs	O
,	O
PUPs	O
,	O
HTTP	B-Application
cookies	I-Application
,	O
trackerware	O
,	O
heavy	O
duty	O
,	O
homepage	O
hijackers	O
,	O
keyloggers	O
,	O
LSP	O
,	O
tracks	O
,	O
trojans	O
,	O
spybots	B-Application
,	O
revision	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
kinds	O
of	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
delete	O
tracking	O
cookies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
has	O
an	O
Immunize	O
function	O
to	O
block	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
spyware	O
before	O
it	O
occurs	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
by	O
modifying	O
the	O
hosts	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
was	O
not	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
replace	O
but	O
complement	O
anti-virus	B-Application
programs	I-Application
(	O
prior	O
to	O
v	O
.	O
2.1	O
Spybot	B-Application
+AV	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
detect	O
some	O
common	O
trojans	O
and	O
rootkits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
programs	O
are	O
supplied	O
with	O
attached	O
spyware	O
or	O
adware	O
and	O
refuse	O
to	O
run	O
when	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
present	O
;	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Spybot	B-Application
replace	O
the	O
spyware	O
binaries	O
with	O
inert	O
dummies	O
(	O
designed	O
to	O
fool	O
programs	O
which	O
simply	O
check	O
for	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
the	O
spyware	O
's	O
file	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
detect	O
recently	O
created	O
programs	O
efficiently	O
,	O
detection	O
updates	O
are	O
released	O
weekly	O
with	O
other	O
improvements	O
such	O
as	O
added	O
languages	O
and	O
better	O
heuristic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supplied	O
translated	O
into	O
many	O
languages	O
and	O
with	O
several	O
skins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instructions	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
to	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
design	O
their	O
own	O
skins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
won	O
awards	O
including	O
the	O
World	O
Class	O
2003	O
Awards	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
and	O
PC	O
User	O
Top	O
Buy	O
#1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
recommended	O
by	O
ZDNet	O
,	O
the	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
,	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
MSNBC	O
,	O
CNN	B-Architecture
and	O
other	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
TechRadar	O
considered	O
Spybot	B-Application
among	O
4	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
anti-malware	B-Application
software	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.5	O
had	O
better	O
compatibility	O
than	O
previous	O
versions	O
with	O
Wine	B-Application
(	O
software	O
which	O
allows	O
running	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
programs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
restores	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
which	O
was	O
faulty	O
in	O
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
2009	O
that	O
several	O
commercial	O
security	O
products	O
required	O
users	O
to	O
uninstall	B-Application
the	O
freely	O
available	O
Spybot	B-Application
S&D	I-Application
when	O
they	O
are	O
being	O
installed	O
or	O
run	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
stated	O
incompatibility	O
with	O
memory-resident	O
"	O
immunizer	O
"	O
TeaTimer	O
(	O
Spybot	B-Application
's	O
real-time	O
protection	O
application	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
makers	O
of	O
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
came	O
into	O
conflict	O
with	O
Norton	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Security	I-Application
over	O
compatibility	O
issues	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
recommended	O
uninstalling	B-Application
Spybot-S	B-Application
&D	I-Application
before	O
installing	O
Norton	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Security	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antivirus	B-Application
professional	O
Mary	O
Landesman	O
suggests	O
a	O
possible	O
explanation	O
may	O
stem	O
from	O
a	O
graphical	O
glitch	O
in	O
TeaTimer	O
module	O
's	O
confirmation	O
dialog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
official	O
explanation	O
from	O
Safer	O
Networking	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
error	O
was	O
caused	O
by	O
a	O
bug	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
program	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
bug	B-Error_Name
was	O
that	O
users	O
had	O
difficulty	O
enabling	O
Norton	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Security	I-Application
to	O
make	O
necessary	O
changes	O
to	O
critical	O
registry	B-Protocol
areas	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
allowing	O
itself	O
to	O
launch	O
on	O
computer	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bug	B-Error_Name
was	O
fixed	O
in	O
the	O
1.5	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	B-Application
Anti-Virus	I-Application
and	O
Kaspersky	O
Internet	O
Security	O
since	O
version	O
2009	O
force	O
users	O
to	O
uninstall	B-Application
Spybot	B-Application
during	O
the	O
installation	O
process	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
serious	O
incompatibility	O
yet	O
known	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
discussion	O
was	O
concluded	O
in	O
the	O
Kaspersky	O
forum	O
,	O
which	O
said	O
not	O
to	O
install	O
Spybot	B-Application
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incompatibility	O
between	O
the	O
products	O
might	O
occur	O
when	O
Spybot	B-Application
S&D	I-Application
tries	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
hosts-file	O
(	O
if	O
selected	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
during	O
immunization	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
Kaspersky	O
will	O
interpret	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
harmfully	O
manipulate	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
circumvented	O
by	O
not	O
immunizing	O
the	O
hosts-file	O
in	O
Spybot	B-Application
S&D	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trend	O
Micro	O
Officescan	O
followed	O
Norton	O
,	O
Kaspersky	O
and	O
McAfee	O
in	O
simply	O
removing	O
Spybot	B-Application
without	O
warning	O
or	O
notification	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
immunisation	O
feature	O
of	O
Spybot	B-Application
–	I-Application
Search	I-Application
&	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
caused	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
8	O
to	O
start	O
slower	O
than	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
malicious	O
programs	O
designed	O
to	O
look	O
like	O
this	O
anti-malware	B-Application
software	O
,	O
with	O
similar	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
and	O
program	B-Application
file	I-Application
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
program	O
is	O
"	O
SpywareBot	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
is	O
a	O
known	O
rogue	O
antispyware	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
fraudulently	O
impersonates	O
various	O
anti-malware	B-Application
software	O
including	O
Spybot	B-Application
Search	I-Application
&	I-Application
Destroy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
lookalike	O
,	O
unlike	O
Spybot	B-Application
S&D	I-Application
,	O
requires	O
payment	O
.	O
</s>
