Anti-piracy program for private use. The program makes sure that no illegal files or program will be downloaded to or saved on your computer. The program is a private version of our business software and allows you to scan your computer for illegal music and media files; scan your computer for file-sharing programs; limit the access to certain sites from your computer; create automatic scans of your computer; and clean out your computer for illegal music, movies, and other media files.
Editor's review of Softdetect Network Scanner

This software aims to find and eliminate P2P programs and media files from your system, but some claims were not proven during tests. Softdetect Pirate Protection Scanner starts well, with a wizard that guides you through the process of performing a full-system scan. You have no way to choose which drives to scan; it's all or nothing.

No problems occurred while scanning, but the process is long and it greatly slowed our test machines. You'll like the scheduler function to perform unmonitored scans at intervals you specify. You're able to easily choose which programs or media files to keep or remove. Removed files are sent to Quarantine, where you can restore or permanently delete them from your system.

System administrators will appreciate that the program is password-protected and can only be uninstalled through the interface. To speed searches, you can specify that Softdetect Pirate Protection Scanner look only for P2P programs or only media files. The help file is PDF-based and contains no information about which P2P programs are targeted.

The publisher claims the application restricts users from launching certain Web sites, though our testers couldn't verify that feature. Anyone concerned with keeping file-sharing software off their PC will benefit from this easy-to-use freeware program.