Spybot – Search & Destroy

Not to be confused with SpySheriff or its many clones, a knockoff of this legitimate software.
Spybot – Search & Destroy
DeveloperSafer-Networking Ltd.
Initial release2000 (2000)
Stable release
2.9.85.5 / February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)
Written inDelphi
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Windows Mobile, and Symbian (older versions of Spybot only)
TypeSpyware removal software
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteSafer-networking.org

Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first adware in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software.

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.

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