One of the most annoying things about rogue security tools is that they’re pushy. Actually, they’re beyond pushy; they’re flat out demanding. Privacy Commander is one unabashed example.

As annoying as Privacy Commander is with its “Buy me or your computer will die” approach, that’s not the worst thing about it. Far from it. The spyware infection you get is worse, after all. Even worse than that, if you follow the whole thing to the end and buy it, you get ripped off! You get probably the most ineffective security software out there, and it’s quite possible that they could steal all of your money.

My encounter with Privacy Commander started when I tried to watch a TV show on the Internet. I clicked the video box, and it said that it was downloading the video codec. The next thing you know, a window popped up and told me that I had an infection. A huge one. It eventually got to the point that I thought it was ridiculous.
After that, my browser changed to the home page of Privacy Commander. It said that I needed to download its software to clean up my infection. I wondered about this, because I had a spyware infection before. It was much smaller than this one, and my computer was bogged down just as bad as this. I figured with several hundred corrupt files, my computer wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Needless to say, I was already mad that I wasn’t going to watch my show. Now I was being told that I had to pay a stupid amount of money for the full version of Privacy Commander to clean up a spyware infection. I’m not dumb; I had a good antispyware program, or so I thought. The whole thing seemed to have started when I clicked on that video button.

Just because I’m a cheapskate, I decided that I was going to look elsewhere for my antispyware needs. After several times trying to navigate away from the Privacy Commander home page, I had to three-finger (that's "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" to the uninitiated) to get my browser closed. I decided that I wasn’t going to use this computer until I found my solution.

I did a little research on Privacy Commander on my laptop. I found out that my gut was right about not buying it. It’s a rogue security program, and I would have wasted my money on a junk program, and may have lost my entire credit account. I guess I dodged a bullet on that one.

Now it was time to get rid of Privacy Commander. Obviously, my “best” antispyware program wasn’t up to the task, because it was supposed to block that stuff and didn’t. I didn’t even bother using “best” or anything like that as keywords in my search. I figured at this point it was 100% guarantees or nothing.

I found only one program that offered what I was looking for. 100% satisfaction’s okay, I guess, but I wanted 100% removal. SpyZooka stood alone in making this guarantee, so I bought it. Privacy Commander is just a bad memory now. SpyZooka’s the one for me.