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CyberDoc999 reviewed v3.98-3 Beta on Dec 31, 2015

now the beta is german only

CyberDoc999 reviewed v3.98-1 on Dec 25, 2011

It is english

anomoly reviewed v3.97-12 Beta on Apr 1, 2011

39712beta is in german only. and why was this posted?

Input Overload reviewed v3.97-12 Beta on Apr 1, 2011

I used this program some years ago when I was using XP. Thereafter I assumed it was an XP program. But after reading below & checking the web site I see it also works on 7.

I've installed & configured it, no problems. And thanks for the info it's not just for XP.

nilst2006 reviewed v3.97-11 on Mar 3, 2011

HeilNizar : It is NOT about antispyware it is about to block Microsoft and other to SPY on You ! That is why it has that name. Yes, it is only tweaks. But as i mentioned above....read there.

HeilNizar reviewed v3.97-11 on Mar 2, 2011

1 Star for the misleading name, it sounds like anti-spyware while it's a bunch of tweaks/

smokingbeagle reviewed v3.97-10 on Jan 3, 2011

According to the author's homepage, "Suitable for: Windows 2000/xp/vista/7 ".
Useful.

Avion Airplane reviewed v3.97-9 on Jan 24, 2010

Thank you for a great program. This is a must have that I keep in my tool box.

anomoly reviewed v3.97-9 on Jan 21, 2010

Just use UniversalExtractor from
http://legroom.net/scrip...ile=uniextract16_noinst
Sponsors? what sponsors?
Then compress with upx down to 99.5 KB

CyberDoc999 reviewed v3.97-8 on Jan 7, 2010

Stop whining XP-AntiSpy will always be a great app !!!!!

Lsavagejt reviewed v3.97-7 on Dec 29, 2009

Well, whatever. I'm just a simple end user and don't know dookie about software coding, but hardwiring ebay into a piece of software like this is just too weird. The software has to make sense to me or I can't use it.

I used to always look for XP-AntiSpy, but now....now....

Look, with enough determined poking around I can do for myself most of what this program does, but anyway, I looked for Connell's email link. I would rather have said this less publicly.

Hey I know a guy has to make a living and I would gladly pay a share for this, but I just cannot tolerate adware.

So, Connell do us all a favor and 1)make XP AntiSpy shareware and 2) loose the ebay ball and chain.

RWW reviewed v3.97-7 on Dec 28, 2009

You are doing great work, my friend! Most of us understand and appreciate the time you have put into this program. And we thank you.

DKDude reviewed v3.97-5 on Nov 4, 2009

@Chris

You've made a GREAT program, and no the ebay-search in the bottom is no problem at all.

Thank you for your effort in helping us to tweeak windows in a secure way., it's really appreciated.

UPieper reviewed v3.97-5 on Nov 4, 2009

Changelog:

* improved the detection of all mediaplayer versions and their settings.
* This version is now compatible with Windows 7
* Added little ad from my sponsor eBay to the application.

Although this changelog desn't look very big, it was a lot of work, to add support for Windows 7.
I hope you do not get upset about the now included ad from my sponsor eBay. But I invest a lot of my free time in the xp-AntiSpy and also I have to pay for my domains, webspace and traffic. So if you visit my sponsor you can help me to keep up developing the xp-AntiSpy without donating any money.
Don't misunderstand the xp-AntiSpy goin' adware. This is not gonna happen. None of your private data will be transmitted if you visit my sponsor. A browser will open, and you will be directed to my sponsor redirection script ( http://www.xp-AntiSpy.or...p&search="your search term" ) nothing more and nothing less will happen.
You also can close this litte ad by clicking on its close button.

If you feel you have to give me some feedback about this or other things concerning the xp-AntiSpy, you're welcome to contact me at any time.

Greetings, -chris-

nilst2006 reviewed v3.97-4 on Oct 24, 2009

ADWARE !!! Blacklist this !!!

cricri_pingouin reviewed v3.97-4 on Oct 23, 2009

Now with eBay adware. Top marks for hypocrisy! Unfortunately, that's not what the rating here is designed to rate.
In addition, it is still advertised as "freeware", hence a red card.
Addendum: if like me you block it with your firewall and click the ad by mistake, the process will not close and you'll have to do so manually from the task manager.

Lsavagejt reviewed v3.97-4 on Oct 23, 2009

Wow, what a let down! Am I dreaming or did I see an ebay toolbar stuck to the bottom of this thing. I know I unchecked the option to install the ebay toolbar too.
XP-AntiSpy taking sponsorship from ebay--The irony is too much. Ack!

sjc1963 reviewed v3.97-4 beta3 on Oct 20, 2009

They really should change the name now since its for more than just XP....

Lsavagejt reviewed v3.97-3 on May 1, 2009

I like this too.

Zoroaster reviewed v3.97-1 on Feb 24, 2009

Version 3.97-1, "Fixed a bug in the setting to prevent autostart on removable media". IMO, this fix is bugged, as I have previously fixed autorun removal system-wide and that this fix seems unable impose itself: it just won't run.+
Still, 5 stars for an excellent product.

poisonu reviewed v3.97 on Oct 24, 2008

Very useful!

pforbes reviewed v3.97 Beta 2 on May 28, 2008

Excellent. BTW, it makes you think.....

Avion Airplane reviewed v3.97 Beta 2 on May 27, 2008

Its a good utility to have in your toolbox...

Psychlone reviewed v3.97 Beta on May 24, 2008

Allowing the creation of a 'first profile' was probably *the* most beneficial addition to this program in it's***ory.
Now if someone oversteps their bounds and cripples their system due to a lack of knowledge of what they're doing, they can't blame anyone but THEMSELVES.

I've used this program since it's very early beta days all the way through to Vista, and it's never failed me once - some of the most valuable tweaks for 2 separate Operating Systems are right here in a single application, it's easy to use and does exactly what it says (as always)

GOOD JOB to the devs of Xp-AntiSpy !!!

Psychlone

Joco reviewed v3.97 Beta on May 23, 2008

The suicide rate at Redmond should have been high when the Windows design team discovered this utility. They realized how much of their many design flaws and crap are corrected by the works of a single developer in a simple and small utility.

sixara reviewed v3.96-7 on Mar 2, 2008

Yeah this one is good. Highly recommend!

poisonu reviewed v3.96-6 on Nov 29, 2007

Superb tool!!
As it brings a lot of important Windows XP security related settings to a single point for easy alteration...
Very good to quickly review &/or change them.

Howell reviewed v3.96-5 on Jul 18, 2007

Great tool but you must know what you are doing ;)

Otherwise expect troubles...

armpit reviewed v3.96-5 on Jul 17, 2007

Fantastic program, a must have.

Avion Airplane reviewed v3.96-5 Beta 3 on Jun 11, 2007

This is a Great Program ! kI keep a copy on a disk in me toobox !

christoofar reviewed v3.96-5 Beta 3 on May 14, 2007

highly useful tool for setting up your new XP install. Glad to see that the author continues to improve it, as many of us have no plans to move to Vista any time soon!

farhad reviewed v3.96-5 Beta 3 on May 12, 2007

Helpfull when you just need it!

Oregon_Infidel reviewed v3.96-5 Beta on Apr 16, 2007

I've had this Program Before. It Is A Great Little Helper. However, On 4-15-07 The following is occuring with the download link -

http://fileforum.betanew...577/1/xp-AntiSpy-en.exe

The webpage cannot be found - HTTP 404

Hope to be able to get this one again soon!

uberfly reviewed v3.96-5 Beta on Mar 30, 2007

This is a must install after any rebuild. A real time saver for all the tweaks your would want to do, like killing off built in zip support and forcing messanger to stop auto-starting (to name a few). Thank you to the author. A Vista version is now in beta testing. See the comments on the site.

Diam0nd reviewed v3.96-5 Beta on Mar 29, 2007

Great tool! Now we only need Vista anti-spy %))

vesser reviewed v3.96-4 on Feb 28, 2007

Fine tool but doesn't work the connection limit feature for P2P

Bachalor reviewed v3.96-3 on Nov 2, 2006

Really fine tool for that, what it can do ;-)

Esquire reviewed v3.96-3 on Nov 1, 2006

New settings does not appear to be correct on IE7, namely Phising Filter and Popup Blocker, but it is nonetheless a valuable tool on any computer.

benZin reviewed v3.96-2 on Jun 30, 2006

it looks good

^M^ reviewed v3.96-2 on Jun 28, 2006

Same as Psychlone.

The connection limite patcher comes in handy if you use P2P softwares.

I hope to see a Vista Anti Spy next year.

Psychlone reviewed v3.96-2 on Jun 28, 2006

This is an invaluable tool for slimming down and securing your XP install.
I do believe that this program should come with your XP's CURRENT settings, as any noob can seriously disable their system by ticking/unticking what they *think* should be changed.

4 out of 5 for an extremely good utility! -1 point for not implementing CURRENT settings as the default ticked/unticked settings.

white lightning reviewed v3.96-2 on Jun 28, 2006

Fight useless features . Ok

9i08 reviewed v3.96-2 on Jun 28, 2006

simply does the job

joeshmoe7 reviewed v3.96-1 on Jun 16, 2006

GOOD STUFF!

cricri_pingouin reviewed v3.96-1 on Jun 16, 2006

One of the first thing I run on a fresh Windows installation. Nice to see it being updated constantly.

Richardky reviewed v3.96-1 on Jun 15, 2006

good stuff :)

hparra reviewed v3.96-1 on Jun 15, 2006

A must-have!!! Great work and quick updates. If you like your XP, just gran this small jewel and use it to tweak it to your liking.

hondaman reviewed v3.96 on Jun 12, 2006

This should be a _required_ install for every XP user.

Excellent!

Blue Joker reviewed v3.96 on Jun 12, 2006

Quite awesome job ,
but some explanation detail about stuff to check or uncheck should be filled better in the help file,
just for the novice user.

qrst reviewed v3.96 on Jun 12, 2006

One of few essential tools I always use after Windows installation, great.

1uk3 reviewed v3.95-2 on Mar 6, 2006

Fantastic! Has some great tweaks!

Neksus reviewed v3.95-2 on Feb 22, 2006

PC Rat it doesn't say it has anything to do with Spyware. It's AntiSpy not AntiSpyware!

Nice app!

PC Rat reviewed v3.95-2 on Feb 21, 2006

...

Has nothing to do with spyware.

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The Computer Rodent

...

Howell reviewed v3.95-1 on Jan 4, 2006

I do agree with bobad the initial checkmarks should be set to current config.

Otherwise it's a great tool but you have to be sure of what you check or uncheck because it can prevent some softwares to run...

HurricaneGame reviewed v3.95-1 on Jan 2, 2006

Awsome program. Use this if you don't like Microsoft stuff, like error reporting you can disable it ect. :)

bobad reviewed v3.95 on Oct 4, 2005

XP-Antispy is a nice program to be sure. I like the simplicity, compactness, and the GUI. It has 1 serious drawback, however. When initially launched, it has suggested changes checked. That's just wrong. It should only indicate your current settings, and allow you to name and save them. If you're not paying close attention and hit "Apply", some stuff may quit working and you will have no idea why. Other than that, it's a fine and very useful program.

Thorlord reviewed v3.94-2 on Sep 5, 2005

Excelent application.

The name is misleading, but the application provides plenty of tools to help customize windows.

Blackhole8746 reviewed v3.94-2 on Jun 18, 2005

Does a great job! I wonder how Microsoft didn't stop it from appearing on the Internet! Just like they talk to Norton and McAfee and ZoneAlram in order to make their software in a way that it keeps Microsoft's spyware hidden!

Kramy reviewed v3.94-1 on Jun 17, 2005

The download leads to a site that supposedly is distributing a dialer with it. Go to the home page at http://xp-antispy.org/ to get the legit spyware-free version.

pyridox reviewed v3.94-1 on May 8, 2005

YES, excellent Program. And best of all, you can't beat the price, it's FREE.

ogman reviewed v3.94-1 on May 8, 2005

Yes! Everyone should have this program.

H_TeXMeX_H reviewed v3.94 on May 3, 2005

This program allows you to uninstall messenger ... not too easy to do that from the registry is it ? ... haha

christoofar reviewed v3.93 on Jan 13, 2005

This is always the first app I use after a new XP install. & yeah, you *could* go into your registry & manually do this yourself. But ...why bother? Quick & easy to use!

guevara reviewed v3.93 on Jan 13, 2005

The best of them all
And free.
And the restore function works perfect
Get this right now !

Bachalor reviewed v3.93 on Jan 13, 2005

Thanks for it-Easy to config the system and disabled a lot of unneeded functions.

Peter van Hooven reviewed v3.93 on Jan 13, 2005

Good freeware, it help me to reach easy setup-options

AlanS2001 reviewed v3.92 on Oct 28, 2004

sn0wflake, you can uninstall messenger with this program.

sn0wflake reviewed v3.92 on Oct 27, 2004

Instead of using this application, why not stop using MediaPlayer, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Messenger?
I use Media Player Classic, Firefox, and Gaim.

Aires reviewed v3.92 on Oct 27, 2004

Ermm if this free and TweakNow Powerpak is cheap (which means it must cost something), then how can TweakNow Powerpak crush this? XP-AntiSpy was a good app and XP-AntiSpy still is a good app. [shrugs]

robmanic44 reviewed v3.91 on Sep 23, 2004

TweakNow Powerpak just crushes this sort of program. I'm talking ease of use, flexability, power and, considering all it can do, cheap. Try it!

guevara reviewed v3.91 on Sep 16, 2004

The best of them all !!!
get it right now
Go go go !

Joco reviewed v3.91 on Sep 1, 2004

This program is wonderful. May be not as complete as more complex utilities, I find it has the right number of tweaking options. I've used xp-AntiSpy quite often. I didn't feel any need of an undo option or better interface. Thank you to the author to make this freeware.

phaes reviewed v3.83 on Aug 24, 2004

Although I like the unspy options and other tweaks it provides, it lacks clarity for the general user in terms of selecting/deselecting items, and the options menu.

I.e. It's not clear, when all the options first appear if the green checks already there indicate recommended changes or the current registry settings on those option.

Some items changed even though I had -not- checked the box, and two items didn't change that I -had- checked boxes on.

Most available tweaks were things I had already edited manually in the registry, so for the "average" user, a "save your current state" option would be a great addition; a clear description of the action un/making a check mark will cause would be great (similar to blackviper.com's additional registry info), and an "undo (most or selection of all) changes you've made" could also be very helpful!

Yes, I know it's a beta, so all this may sound harsh. I'm trying to see this in terms of impact on tech supports who have to deal with a population of users who basically know how to type and click on things, and not much else, and are constantly downloading "interesting," "cool," and "thought it would be able to fix something (else I screwed up but didn't report 'cause I didn't want anyone to know I screwed up/broke the download policy/whatever)," and creating a population of helpdesk employees with missing patches of hair who are experiencing an ever-stronger urge to find a -=different=- occupation :)

TechSys reviewed v3.83 on Aug 23, 2004

Just installed it and ran it. Also ran Spybot and Adaware to make sure. There isn't any spyware crap in this program, and whoever says there is has a problem.
Program seems to do what it says it does, and does it very well. Out of everything it check, I only had 1 thing that I didn't like, which was, I still had the zip functionality active..

bleedingpegasus reviewed v3.83 on Aug 23, 2004

very limited in its functions and abilities, thx God its free. However, for you real paranoid (like myself), check out X-Setup for XP.

Namero reviewed v3.83 on Aug 23, 2004

simply the best !!

no need of an insteller just start the exe and run this prog , clean , simple -> the best !

christoofar reviewed v3.83 on Aug 23, 2004

great little app for quickly editing the registry after installing XP. Always one of the first things installed after I do a re-format. No spyware in here.

kebabi reviewed v3.83 on Aug 23, 2004

CyberHobo, which program said that it contains spyware?
A false positive maybe?
Because I have no spyware in my computer, but I have this installed..

CyberHobo reviewed v3.80 on Aug 15, 2004

Contains spyware.

Dirk van Hoofen reviewed v3.71 on Dec 23, 2002

This version is good,too. Normaly, WinXP want automatically update himself - I have not found a option, for disable this function. XP-AntiSpy has a lot of functions into ONE GUI - nice tool.

klumy reviewed v3.71 on Dec 23, 2002

Thumbs up for this tool.
BTW Current version also works with Windows 2000 !!

zulugrid reviewed v3.7 on Oct 27, 2002

As mentioned previously, most, if not all, of these options are easily accessable through various control panels and options dialogs. The UI is also very bad. It shouldn't check stuff by default. I only wanted to change 2 or 3 things, but had to click about 40 times because of the default checking of almost everything. And when I got about halfway down the list and unchecked something, it decided to recheck everything I had previously uncheck. I was unable to uncheck one item without having to go and enable "expert settings". The "Check System State" option should show already applied settings as checked and show the rest of them unchecked, none of these stupid exclamation points. And again the exclamation points reappear once I click "Apply settings". This program is supposed to be used to change default settings, so isn't it kind of ironic that I have to be constantly bombarded with its default settings?

Dirk van Hoofen reviewed v3.7 on Oct 26, 2002

Super, it works fine for XP.
Thanks for it as FREEWARE

rocky500 reviewed v3.61 on Aug 18, 2002

This program is excellent.
Don't trust Microsoft to any info from your computer. They are interested in 1 thing, and that is to make as much money as possible no matter how it's done.
All those complaining that all the settings got changed should have done the obvious thing and looked at the help file. It tells you PLAIN & SIMPLE what will be the changes.
I can't believe people whine & didn't even look at help file first!
This is plain & simple an excellent free util & a must have.

daztop reviewed v3.51 on May 8, 2002

davorb: Any application that is set AS DEFAULT to cause a detrimental on my user experience is NOT a good thing. No 2-ways about it - as long as it chooses to set everything as default WITHOUT WARNING, the util will remain a 1-star application. It should either warn before applying settings that I haven't chosen, or NOT apply them. The author has already added a "choose recommended settings" option - why be conceited and automatically apply them without asking?

_jaz_ reviewed v3.51 on May 7, 2002

A) This software is called "XP-Antispy" because it changes some registry settings of Windows XP (This is for that one saying that he applied it flawlessly too on Win98SE)

B) Almost every setting in this program is easily accesible from the configurations of each program, so at much, it is usefull in putting them all together, not much.

C) Most of the settings it allows to disable, I feel like they are better enabled, just because they are of actual use (Time sincronization, to say one). For this reason, I see that a program made especifically to disable this, it is useless (you can select another server, if you don't like it to check from microsoft.com)

D) To the few persons blaming Microsoft for spying... Are you kidding? Internet Explorer has had, since version 4, a setting (that could be disabled too) to check for autoupdates. Were you being spied by microsoft when it checked for updates? Come on!
Pentium 3 had that "Identifier code", that finally Manufacturers put it disabled for "security reasons". Security? Is that code associated to me in any way? It identifies my computer, but not myself!

and E) I don't want to make this a MS versus non-MS war, but this is what this program seems all about.

gimpnet reviewed v3.51 on May 7, 2002

There are still quite a few bugs to work out, and there aren't many servers BUT.... This is a beta program and it's fairly new. I don't expect there to be many people using this program right away. look at any file p2p sharing program out there in the beginning. i'll bet none of them had a mass of support for quite a while. keep up the good work nexea.

davorb reviewed v3.51 on May 7, 2002

Notice: German is the primary language here, and you probably either didn't read the docs or they were hard to understand. Either way, this is good stuff, and it's free. I cant see how ANY of the red ! and the "cure" would hurt anything, certainly not beyond repair. Operator error/ PEBKAC is *NOT* a reason to rate eminently USEFUL FREEWARE poorly. You sound lame, 1 star person. Get over it, this software kicks ass, it keeps MSFT from looking in your business and its a perm. in my util. collection. To all who havent tried, you don’t want this, you NEED THIS. Seeing as it FREE, there would be no reason for the author or zealots to troll for good marks, this thing deserves 5 stars, period, end.

zeio reviewed v3.51 on May 7, 2002

Superior. You NEED this to maintain privacy on XP. I have also used it on 98SE and Win2k without much issue as well. A must have.

DragonDesigns reviewed v3.51 on May 6, 2002

(To the last review) Just because you don't know how to use a piece of software don't give it a bad rating. The reason it disabled all your settings is because you left the red exclamation points. Those are there saying "this is a problem and we're going to fix it". So if you don't want it to fix it you click on it and then it will uncheck that option. That would have made it so it wouldn't have done all the changes to your system. It's a great piece of software that includes the options TweakUI doesn't.

saltek reviewed v3.51 on May 6, 2002

It works just as advertised. Small, clean and to the point. Does it's job well. Not to mention, if you want to go back to the default settings or change your settings, it handles that too. Fine app.

kevinmook reviewed v3.5 on May 3, 2002

This is *definitely* cool, and it's nice to see that it's freeware. There are a LOT of "Useful Features" to disable, and it's nice someone's giving us the option in a very easy-to-use package ... Assuming it all works. :)

fiveline2001 reviewed v3.5 on May 3, 2002

Worth its weight in gold for the simple fact it deletes windows messenger completely from your system, now if it would just get rid of IE.

klumy reviewed v3.5 on May 3, 2002

Excellent program and a must have for WinXP Users !!

qnx reviewed v3.5 on May 3, 2002

That's very cool application for XP. I'm not sure if it's working, I haven't been using it for more than 5 minutes, but if it does what it proclaims to do, than it's great!