Ease of Use:  

This product was easy to use.

Ease of Installation/Setup:  

Smart Protector is very easy to install on your computer. This software is Vista compatible.

Privacy Effectiveness:  

Smart Protector supported 15 additional plugins, far lower than most of the products reviewed. A plugin is a small piece of interface software that allows your computer to erase the history of the last used files within certain desktop applications like image viewers, graphical editors, chat, email, readers, etc.

Feature Set:  

Smart Protector's Internet browser cleaning features included auto-complete, cache (Temporary Internet Files), cookies, and history of visited URLs. The Windows cleaning features included index.dat files, recently opened documents, recycle bin, and temporary files/directories. The product had a cleaning option that allowed you to clean at startup, but no scheduling capabilities. Smart Protector did have some special options to save valuable cookies, protect your homepage, and a deletion preview mode. The product supports Internet Explorer/MSN.

Help/Documentation:  

The product was very weak in the documentation and help area. The technical support for Smart Protector was available through email/online forms. There were no online updates available with the product. Supported environments for Smart Protector include XP, NT4, 2000, ME, 98, and 95.

Overall, Smart Protector is a good product, but is lacking in several feature areas.