Acronis privacy expert suite 8.0 User Manual

Spyware removal and Spyware Shield

All suspicious activities – Spyware Shield will warn you about all

suspicious programs or processes that are trying to change the Windows
registry or are launched at startup. This is the recommended setting for
experienced users.

General options window

Advanced options

The Advanced options section enables more detailed setup of Spyware
Shield and offers the following settings:

Prevent browser hijacking – Spyware Shield will prevent applications

from making changes to your Web browser settings, including home page,
search page, etc

Guard against start-up changes – will prevent suspicious programs and

processes from launching at Windows startup

Guard ActiveX configuration – will prevent changing settings of ActiveX

components

Analyze running processes – will constantly monitor running processes

and warn you about any suspicious actions of unknown programs.