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Anti-spyware program combines up to six popular engines to maximize removal effectiveness.

Features in Hitman Pro (translated from Dutch):

- Installs and downloads automatically external antispyware software.
- Hitman Pro AntiSpyware with heuristics checks important system and register values or to this processes have been coupled which do not make themselves in the correct manner (or not at all) confessed. This is a common case for many well-known spyware, viruses and Trojan horses are found.
- Uses versions bought of possible person present of external antispywaresoftware (such as Ad-Aware and Spy Sweeper).
- Limit Internet-toepassingen well-known with SurfRight the system rights of such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express or Microsoft Office Outlook and MSN knife-narrower ones limiting as much as possible to contagion by to misleiding.
- Automatically the external antispywaresoftware serve. Carries out inspections, removes automatically found spyware and places protection against malicious activeX besturingselementen.
- Automatically the est updates download (without Hitman pro the user this frequently handmatig must do).
- External antispywaresoftware are configured automatically for the best result.
- Possibility to take part in the fighting against spyware by anonymous spywarestatistieken at uploaden to the Hitman pro web server. Statistics realtime on the Hitman are reflected pro Internet site.
- Generates of all carried out action? report so that the user gets a clear picture concerning contagion and protection.
- A number of Internet Explorer-instellingen checks so that this browser cannot knowledge of the user install without software.

What's New:

V2.6.0.1 | 2007-01-30

Added support for Windows Vista
- Note that CWShredder and Spy Sweeper are not officially supported on Windows Vista (yet) so they are greyed out
- Also note that the Behavioral Scan (Expert) and automatic scanning in Safe Mode are unavailable because these need to be updated and tested for Windows Vista

Fixed a problem controlling latest update of Spyware Doctor (Hitman could stall at update)

Improved controlling Spy Sweeper. Also, when the 14 day trial period has expired, Hitman will install Spy Sweeper 5 Scan Only Version so Spy Sweeper will still scan your system after the trial periode (threats will appear in report and Expert).

Improved Behavioral Scan
- Improved spyware removal engine (hardened threat removal on reboot)
- Added extra targets (associated objects) when threat is running as Service
- Fixed targetting associated Run objects
- Fixed serveral minor issues (ex. displaying incorrect icon)

Improved SurfRight. When there are no open browsers (protected by SurfRight), SurfRight Helper process will be closed. The SurfRight Helper will be automatically started when a new protected browser window is opened.

Fixed problem where new archive would not immediately appear in Quarantine