Spyware Terminator FAQ

After performing a spyware scan, you will be led to a screen showing four tabs: “Threats”, “Safe SW”, “Unknown SW” and “Scan Report”. If there are any items listed in the tab labeled “Threats” you will know that threats have been detected.

If threats are detected you have several options for handling them:

* If you are confident that the threat detected can be safely deleted from your hard drive, you can use the button labeled “Remove” to delete the threat completely.

* If you are not 100% confident that the threat can be safely deleted or have reason to believe that it is required by your computer in some way, you can put the threat in Quarantine. The Quarantine will effectively inactivate the threat while maintaining it in a containment area for restoration at any later time. To move an item to the Quarantine, click the “Move to…” button and click “Quarantine”.

* If the threat is an item you know and trust and are aware of its risks (e.g. adware supported software), you can move it to the Ignore List, telling Spyware Terminator to ignore it in future spyware scans. To move an item to the Ignore List, click the “Move to…” button and click “Ignore List”
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* If you are 100% confident that the threat is a false positive (a safe item falsely identified as a threat) then you can move it to the Safe SW tab. This will not only tell Spyware Terminator that the item is safe software but, if you have chosen to send scan reports to the Spyware Terminator servers, you will be assisting Spyware Terminator in improving its definitions. To move an item to the Safe SW tab, click the “Move to…” button and click “Safe”.