Is V5 update usable or still not ?

[Lord KiRon]

I dropped V5 due various problems especially with uTorrent , Tor , slow FireFox speed and a lot of crap like that and returned to V4.

I haven't visited this forum for few weeks and now I see new version is released.
I do not want to go over the hell of installing/uninstalling V5 again and the changelog looks quite small and inadequate to the problems raised.

So my question to the users is V5 become usable or not.

P.S.: I noted this: http://www.pctools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46412 thread and it made me feel uncomfortable.
No I am not competitor in any form and by the PCTools sake I hope they do not call me - paying customer "silly person" .
My problem with it that it's easy to find couple of "competitors" posts and convince yourself that everything is fine "it's just competitors" , while in reality V5 is completely unusable for majority of the customers.

[gaucho91]

I am curous here as well. Before I re-install v5 and go through hell again I would like to hear from more people if it is actually working.

[mjq424]

Hi Lord KiRon and gaucho91
Currently many users are finding the current release of version 5 to be very good. The current version is 5.0.0.176 and is available from: www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/download/
PC Tools have removed two OnGuard tools from v5 to work on them, they are Email Guard and Site Guard. Cookie Guard from v4 has been implemented in v5 to protect against malicious cookies while Site Guard is being redeveloped.
I would advise waiting until April 3rd when these OnGuards are re-released before installing v5. V4 is still supported and is available here
Hope that helps

[samual]

i just downloaded it seems ok

[Lord KiRon]

Thanks , I will be waiting then.

Btw: if I remember correctly my problems were not gone even after disabling all "OnGuard" components, only shuting down SDv5 restored my system to the usable state.
Hope developer take this into account when fixing.

[gaucho91]

Shutting down v5 didn't even work for me. I had to uninstall it before my computer went back to normal.

[mjq424]

Hi
I believe both your problems may be related to the new LSP used by SD. Modifications have been made and many users have found FF and IE7 to be quicker now (there have still been reports of problems with thunderbird mail client)

[Lord KiRon]

Sorry but what is LSP ?

[mjq424]

Hi
Sorry, LSP is Layered Service Provider. Basically it is a filter for all internet traffic, used by SD to decide if something is malicious or not.

[davewhit]

No new version till the third would not the first of April be a better day to bring out the new version ?