What is
SpyCop?
SpyCop is to computer monitoring spy programs as a virus scanner is
to viruses. Once downloaded and installed on your system, SpyCop can
be used to scan your entire system for the presence of the 385 computer
monitoring spy programs available. SpyCop is not an anti-spam,
anti-virus, anti-trojan, anti-webbug or anti-advertiser scanner. SpyCop is
not an anonymizing service or email filter. SpyCop is the leading
non-memory resident monitoring detector which gives you the power to scan
your system for spy programs whenever you feel it prudent to do so.
What is "spyware" ?
Spyware is any software which takes information from your system without
your knowledge or consent. There are multiple types of spyware
available including Trojans, Web Bugs, Advertiser software, and Stand-Alone
Commercial Computer Monitoring software.
Trojans are programs which are placed on
your system by tricking you similar to the story of the trojan horse in
Troy.
Web Bugs are ActiveX controls or cookies
that track what you do online from web sites.
Advertiser software is software installed
with certain ad-supported programs which watches what you do online in order
to send you targeted advertising.
Stand-Alone Commercial Computer Monitoring
software is software sold for use by bosses, spouses, private investigators,
identity thieves, X's and others for one purpose: to record everything you
do on your computer for later retrieval. These include URL recorders,
keyloggers, chat monitors, screen recorders, program loggers and more!
This is the type that SpyCop protects you from.
FAQ - What Spyware is and what
SpyCop does
What types of computer
monitoring spy programs are available?
There are simple ones known as keyloggers which record your keystrokes for
later viewing on the same PC and then there are the totally insidious type
which can record your screen as a slide show and Email the recording to
someone else. Of course, there is everything in between.
Why is this so
dangerous?
Reading the information above should make this obvious. Anyone who may
want to keep an eye on you, including your Boss, Spouse, Company Employees,
X-lover, hackers and criminals can easily learn more about you then you
would ever want. Spy software makes it easy for anybody to get your
financial information, credit card numbers, and web site passwords!
SpyCop will search your system for these programs and help you stop them
from operating.
Why haven't I heard
about this before?
The widespread use of spy software is a somewhat recent phenomenon.
There were keyloggers and the such in the early computing days of DOS, but
nothing nearly as invasive as the ones available today. More and more
people are using spy programs to spy on each other's computer usage.
Programs advertised as software to keep your child's Internet activities in
check are being used by spouses and bosses. Some companies are
advertising that their software can be useful for catching your spouse
cheating online. The scary part of this is that companies advertising
this way are making the largest number of sales!
Why can't I just clean
my registry or delete startup items?
Most of the more advanced spy programs run completely hidden. This
means they are not visible in the task list, are not shown in your registry
and are not shown in the standard startup areas. Instead, these
spy programs are placed in another area of Windows startup which "startup
cleaners" don't usually look at, and once they are running, they run in
"stealth" mode. SpyCop can find them all, even if the person who
installed then renamed the files themselves!
I'm a business owner;
why do I have to be concerned with this?
Just like Bosses can spy on their employees, employees can spy on their
bosses. An angry employee can simply swipe credit card numbers from
the bank they work at, or this software can be used for a new form of
corporate espionage. The fact of the matter is that these types of
activities are occurring at this very moment within the business world!
Is YOUR business safe?
Is spying in this way
legal?
Spy software itself is legal in some cases. It is perfectly legal for
an employer to install it on computers they own and it is legal to install
the software on a computer with the owner's consent. We do not market
our software for the purpose of defeating monitoring on a machine that you
do not own.
It is illegal for a person to install
software on another person's computer without permission. With today's
latest spy software, it is no longer necessary for a spy to be in physical
contact with your computer to spy on you. Refer to this article for
details on the latest greeting card ploy.
Despite being a felony in some cases,
illegal spy software installation occurs quite frequently in the real world.
This is what SpyCop is designed to detect.
Can SpyCop find Hidden
and Stealth spy programs?
Yes. SpyCop uses a search method which
goes far and beyond other spyware scanners in that it does not simply scan
your registry or go by filename. SpyCop can find spy programs that are not
shown in the task list and are not present in the registry. SpyCop can even
find those spy programs where the installer renamed the files to make them
appear to be part of the system! If we are aware of a spy program (and
we are aware of just about all of them), it can not escape detection.
What are some of the
spy programs available?
SpyCop has the largest database of spy
programs, keyloggers and other stealth surveillance software around.
Some of these over 
spy programs include: Spector, KoloSoft Intruder, 123 XPCSpy by X
Software Studio, KeyBugger, My Little Spy, NETObserve by ExploreAnywhere, PC
ACME Spy Agent, PC Security Cam, PC Spy by SoftDD, NGC ActiveSpy 2003, Iopus
STARR PC & Internet Monitor, KeySave, XLog, SpyEye, 007 Stealth Activity
Monitor, SoftActivity's Activity Logger, Hermes' AppliXguard, Ersieht's
WatchDog, Avsweb's MoM, ComputerSnooper, FobiaSoft Raven, NataSoft's
IntraSpy, Invisible Activity Spy, Adavi SilentWatch Client, ASCII Spy, AB
System Spy by ABYSoftware, PC, Peeker, Resource Monitor Client by SBS Inc,
StatWin Standard by SXRSoft, SafeGuard by Refsoft, SleuthWatch, Spy Capture
by TSM-Soft, ScreenSpy by Kogosoft, KidVid Keylog!, IESpy by 'venky', Key
Logger 2,Key Probe by Rosebud Technologies, and Key Spy by Chad Bergeron.
This is just a small sample of the spy programs that can be detected by
SpyCop. If you know of a spy program, you can see if it is detectable
by going to File, Check Database.
What are the system
requirements for SpyCop?
SpyCop will run on any relatively recent
Windows machine:
- SpyCop requires any system running
Win95, Win98(all versions), WinME, WinNT 4(w/SP4 or higher; note that
Super Stealth does not function on NT4) Win2000 or WinXP(all versions).
We recommend a 400MHz or faster processor for optimal performance
however an older processor will run the software at a lower speed.
How does SpyCop stack up against the
competition?
SpyCop is the leader in computer monitoring
protection software, Here's why
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| Feature or
capability |
SpyCop
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Others
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| Has experience in
detecting surveillance software since early 1999. |
Y
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N
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| Contains the largest
surveillance software database in the world. |
Y
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N
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| Contains stealth
technology making it undetectable by most spy programs. |
Y
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N
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| Built in auto-scanning
screensaver for hassle free privacy protection. |
Y
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N
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| Easy to use and FREE
automatic database update feature. |
Y
|
N
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| Includes a single file
scan feature for quick checking of suspicious files. |
Y
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N
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| Network administrators can
control the scanner from the command line. |
Y
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N
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| Can detect spy programs
that rename and move themselves. |
Y
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N
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| Users can easily determine
if a spy can be detected via a database query. |
Y
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N
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| Finds keyloggers, screen
recorders, chat monitors, URL recorders and more! |
Y
|
N
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| Super-Detective scan mode
for increased detection capability. |
Y
|
N
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| Scans every executable on
the hard disk to leave no stone unturned. |
Y
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N
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| Does not attempt to be a
jack of all trades (and thus a master of none). |
Y
|
N
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| Can disable spy programs
to stop them from spying on you. |
Y
|
Y
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| Provides unlimited
upgrades and support for life. |
Y
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N
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| Can detect 'dormant' spy
programs not actively monitoring your system |
Y
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N
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Why Choose
SpyCop over the Competition?
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SpyCop finds the most spy programs.
Since SpyCop was the first in the industry, we've had a
head start in collecting spy programs and detecting them.
SpyCop can currently find over
 commercial
keylogging, chat recording, screen recording, URL logging, email
tapping surveillance programs. Unlike the competition
which tends to find mostly free-to-download spy programs, we
actually PURCHASE spy programs for our database. You
wouldn't buy an antivirus program that only found a few viruses,
would you?
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SpyCop is thorough.
If a spy software detector looks at hidden processes, the
registry, or operating system hooks and then tells you its
results, it is not doing a thorough job. SpyCop is a
"brute force" scanner, which means that your entire drive is
scanned for surveillance software. Looking for operating
system hooks (like anti-keylogging programs are known to do) or
scanning the registry will miss spy programs which don't hook
the operating system. This includes many spy programs
which record URLs visited, emails sent and videos of your
screen. Don't be tricked into buying a plain
anti-keylogging program when more than half of all spy
programs aren't traditional keyloggers.
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SpyCop is the most up to date spy detector available.
We constantly update the software as our users like you tell us
what you want. Easy spy program reporting by our customers
means we have many thousands of users crawling the web finding
spy programs to be added to SpyCop.
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SpyCop is not a two-faced organization.
SpyCop only develops and markets software for privacy
protection, whereas some of our largest competitors also
develop the very spy software they claim to protect you
from! Would you trust a company's detector when they are
simultaneously developing spyware? This creates a major
conflict of interest for some of our competitors and should be
carefully researched when making your purchasing decision.
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SpyCop doesn't overstate its capabilities.
Certain competitors may claim to be able to find any spy program
available, even if they've never seen the spy program before.
This just isn't true. Our spyware investigation department
has verified this numerous times; time and time again, there
were many spies that were not detected by these "detects
everything" programs! Additionally, the spy program must
be actively running at the time to be detected at all.
When a spy is detected, these programs can't identify it by name
and company, so your stuck knowing about as much after the scan
as before: that you have a spy program installed.
SpyCop tells you WHAT spy program is installed, and provides
the information necessary to help you get the problem taken care
of.
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SpyCop is the leader in the industry.
Numerous investigative reporters and journalists have
written articles about
SpyCop, and we're always on top and highly recommended
because of the features and capabilities of our software.
Our customers are very happy people as well.
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SpyCop is focused.
SpyCop is designed to do one thing really well, and that's
to detect commercial computer monitoring spy programs. Our
research and development staff is focused on protecting you from
surveillance software. Some of our competition,
especially the newer antivirus packages, may claim to find
viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and more, all in one product.
It may sound convenient, but like they say: a jack of all
trades, a master of none. We've researched and tested
many of these products on our spyware infested test machine and
time and again these all-in-one products have missed over 80% of
the monitoring spies installed!!
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