A simple malware search and destroy app
Exterminate It! is an app that searches for and removes various types of malware, like trojans, rootkits and worms.
After a brief installation, Exterminate It! will then look for updates to its malware database. This may take a few minutes, and afterwards the app will restart. The next step is to scan your system. There are no options to skip areas of your hard drive, which is good for complrehensive scanning, but also wastes some time.
A scan will take a while, and afterwards all the threatening files will be listen in the Exterminate It! window. You can uncheck any detected files that you don't want to delete, but as is common with this type of program, there is no advice available to the beginner about what is most dangerous.
What Exterminate It! certainly does detect as malware are Tracking Cookies - while there are malicious cookies, many are actually very useful and improve web browsing, so it's a shame Exterminate It! doesn't attempt to differentiate between good and bad.
Exterminate It! is a fairly standard malware scanner and exterminator. While its simplicity makes it easy to use, the lack of advice in the app means you may delete files you don't want to.
User reviews about Exterminate It!
by Anonymous
Save your mney buy something else.
Bought 5 incenses for exterminate-it, followed instructions did scans as instructed hit exterminate -it button... nothing happened, wrote support only to receive an email to update and scan again( scan took 16 hours only to have the exact same thing happen, sent support an email 2 weeks ago - no response to date save your money buy something les
Cons:
support - no exsistant More
by Anonymous
Better than other programs that I've tried....
I've tried it and it seems like a good program, I've also Melwarebytes, Norton and others and they are all useless. So I think I'll buy it and cross my fingers> More
by Anonymous
The best anti-spyware - the WORST support.
I own 2 copies of Exterminate It!. Recently, one of my other computers became infected with "Antivir Solution Pro" a nasty virus masquerading as an antivirus program. It even ceased control of my Windows Ezxplorer.No sweat, Ithought, I'll get Exterminate It! which handily wiped out other viruses BUT this time, I couldn't get on the web to activate the software. So I called the distributor. They're just a sales arm of CURIOLAB, the software's manufacturer who are in Copenhagen Denmark. RegNow sent an email to some tech support address and they never answered.Manwhile I have an infected computer for 3 days, a charge of $34.95 (including a disk of the program not yet received and total frustration. I cancelled the sale and, hopefully my money will be returned.
Pros:
Strangely enough, Exterminate It! is the BEST anti-virus program I've ever used - but PRAY that you can download it and activate it - if not, you're screwed
Cons:
No tech support whatever More
by Anonymous
exterminate it nailed pragmad in 15 minutes!.
This program is excellent, I was working on removing this rootkit for a whole day, Stopzilla found it but couldn't remove it. Exterminate it removed it in one go. My machine is now clean.
Pros:
Tool works and is very fast, much quicker than other programs. Very simple to use doesn't require reboot when malware is removed. Finds more things than other programs, daily updates keep coming.
Cons:
has no extra features More