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Spybot Search & Destroy FAQ

Which browsers does Spybot-S&D support?

Spybot-S&D does support many common browsers. As for resident protection, Spybot-S&D contains the Resident TeaTimer which is completely browser independent. It is a Spybot-S&D tool perpetually monitoring the processes called/initiated. In addition, TeaTimer detects changes to some critical registry values.

Spybot-S&D supports detection in cookies, history, start & search pages and bookmarks of these browsers (plus cache for Internet Explorer and Opera):

* Beonex Communicator
* Firefox pre-0.9, 0.9, 1.x, 2.0, 3.x and compatible, including old Firebird variants
* Flock
* Google Chrome
* K-Meleon
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0
* Mozilla Suite
* Netscape Communicator 4.x, 6, 7
* Opera 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x and compatible
* Thunderbird 1.x and compatible (where applicable)