Ashampoo AntiSpyWare - Антишпионская программа, которая внимательно следит за всем происходящим в системе (даже самой Windows приходится просить разрешения внести в себя изменения), тем самым не позволяя пробраться в компьютер ни одной "шпионской" программе - всевозможным spyware, троянам, перехватчикам клавиатурного ввода, adware и т.п. Кроме этого, позволяет блокировать поступление рекламы через RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, WinZip, ICQ и MSN Messenger, очищает историю браузера, создает резервные копии и удаляет временные файлы. Кстати, Ashampoo AntiSpyWare умеет распознавать даже "rootkits" - новый класс вредоносных программ, которые невидимы в операционной системе и поэтому незаметны для антивирусных сканеров, да и для многих "антишпионов" тоже...

Features and tools:
- Comprehensive protection: Guards you against hijackers, dialers, spyware, worms, adware, Trojans, key loggers and even rootkits
- Set it and forget it: Activate the AntiSpyware Guard and automatic updates and relax in the knowledge that you are well protected round the clock
- Automatic cleaner and real-time monitoring of the entire system
- Daily signature updates: Daily updates of the signatures for identifying known threats for maximum safety
- Protection against unknown threats: Advanced heuristic analysis identifies and blocks unknown threats on the basis of their behavior
- Quarantine: Move files into quarantine when you are not sure whether you really want to delete these files. Files in quarantine are without any risk.
- Multilingual user interface: Run the program in your own language
- Rootkit Detector: Can identify the highly-dangerous new “rootkits” that can even hide malicious software from virus scanners
- AutoStart Manager: Identify and disable unwanted auto-starting programs
- System Processes Monitor: Check running processes and stop them if necessary
- Internet Cleaner: Delete all traces of your surfing trail
- File Wiper: Permanently delete files and folders
- IP Spam Blocker: Stop annoying popup spam on your desktop

Technology highlights for the experts:
- Heuristic analysis: Advanced new algorithms for identifying unknown threats by their behavior
- Memory scan: Detects and blocks active threats
- Kernel-level protection: Ensures fully gapless monitoring
- Full system scanning: Scans and cleans the Windows registry as well as files and system areas
- Patch proof: Strong signatures prevent malicious patching attempts
- Archive scanning: Scans files packed and hidden in compressed archives
- DLL Trojans: Secure detection and deletion of DLL Trojans
- Crypters and binders: Identifies malware cloaked with crypters and binders

New features in Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2:
* Protection against more than 760,000 threats from the internet.
* Full compatibility with Windows Vista™ (32 Bit) from now on.
* Windows Vista™ Gadget (Vista 32-Bit) works as information and control operation centre Users can store their personal settings into the respective folders thanks to the new multiple user support. Administrator rights are not required.
* Enhanced Realtime Monitor also takes care of new Windows areas (BHO, Winsock LSPs, Windows Hosts file, Autostart entries etc.).
* Newly developed as well as completely revised Vista compatible tools are now available basing on Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4, the awarded winner by the German computer magazine ComputerBILD.
* Hostsfile Checker reports suspicious entries in Hosts file and allows for cleaning up.
* LSP-Viewer gives support to the user to identify installed winsock attributes, by which means parasite programs can be smuggled into.
* Folders, files or even „infections“ can be excluded from the search to prevent false alarms thanks to the whitelist definitions.
* Due to internal encryption algorithms possible malicious threats are prevented from secretly adding themselves to the whitelist.
* There is a direct online connection to a malware database which gives information on detected infections.
* The integrated task scheduler has been fully integrated by now and it is possible to create, manage and perform automatically individual scanning tasks.
* Users with a licence on the first version of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare which is still in force can transfer heir remaining time for signature update licence to the second version.
* Three integrated skins adapt to personal customization of the program.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows® 2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows® XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows® Vista™ (32 Bit).