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GhostSurf 2005 Platinum review

Wednesday 15 February 2006, 4:44 PM

Clutsy interface, false positives, hidden results


This program may be good for anonymous surfing, no way for the user to tell if it is working or not however; ie) the program does not tell you what is going out or coming in;
no feedback like a ping would show you.
The SpyCatcher program is weak; it does not show you what is cached or where it is,
ie) it indicates "97 images cached", OK, so where are they? are they on my computer?
Can I view them? Can I delete them???

It also "found" an "unknown Trojan"???
What the heck; I have TrendMicro, SpySweeper, and SpyWare Doctor, and Lavasoft SE, they never found an "unknown Trojan".

What that means to me is that it found one of my programs, didn;t know what it was and flagged it as a Trojan.

It also "found" a "backdoor.delf.eg";
again, none of my other programs found that, so it makes me wonder, and on and on.

Do not buy this program for the SpyCatcher part of it,
definitely not up to par with the big boys.

3.0

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Overview

GhostSurf 2005 Platinum

Editors rating
Rating: 7.9
Verdict

Want to remain anonymous while you surf? Check out Tenebril's GhostSurf, which encrypts your Internet connection and provides some useful security-related utilities into the bargain.

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