The thing is: Safer Networking team has mentioned more than once that they don't see users security that way. They'll keep it for free for everyone, without reduced protection features.
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Still no response to the cnet.com review!
See http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Sear...-10122137.html
Why do you care so much about that useless review? It says nothing others don't know already: it's behind in malware detection, when compared, for example, with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. But, only with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro (a paid-for product), which offers real-time protection.
Spybot - Search & Destroy vs Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free Edition, Spybot wins, because it offers real-time protection, both passive and active. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and SUPERAntispyware, both free versions, do not offer real-time protection.
You want Safer Networking to KILL real-time protection. Does that make any sense? More than ever a security solution should provide more than just malware detection, and you want them to stay put in the past? Get real. Malware has evolved, and anti-malware applications also need to. Other security vendors already started doing it years ago, others still are in the process of doing it. I hope Spybot 2.0 comes fast and ready for a fight, WITH real-time protection!