Portable Spybot Anti-Beacon

Portable Spybot Anti-Beacon is a reliable program designed to help you block tracker services and solve related issues in Windows 10. It can also help users of Windows 8 and Windows 7 fix similar tracking aspects.

Windows 10 includes a series of features designed to send feedback messages to Microsoft regarding the PC usage. These functions can track the activity, statuses of the PC, an aspect that many users find as a privacy issue.

Portable Spybot Anti-Beacon is a simple solution to these problems, which allows you to immunize tracker services or telemetry and thus block the data capturing process.

The tool is simple to use and given its nature, you do not need to install it, just unpack and run it from any folder on your computer. It can even run on a removable device, such as a USB flash memory drive. Moreover, it does not create hidden files or registry entries.

Portable Spybot Anti-Beacon allows you to immunize your system with one mouse click. The main window of the program displays a list of all the tools that it can block and allows you to enable/disable the protection almost instantly.

The list of blocked functions includes: group policies for telemetry, Consumer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), application Impact Telemetry (AIT), steps recorder and WiFi sense.

Additional functions that you can block are telemetry hosts and services, CEIP scheduled tasks, Apps that use advertising IDs and P2P Windows Updates outside the local network.

You may also disable optional tools, such as telemetry IPs, Web search group policy, Cortana policies and Remote Registry service.

Portable Spybot Anti-Beacon displays a log reflecting its functionality, in the dedicated tab. The tool also lists the number of blocked entries for each category displayed in the main window, as well as reading failures or blocking errors. Moreover, you can easily disable OneDrive services, which also blocks the Windows Mail app.