Spy Sweeper v4 ?

[derekp]

Hi

I am new to this Forum and am looking for Anti Spyware and Anti Trojan software.

I have a Pentium P4 running XP Pro S/P2
Currently installed software is:
Trend Micro Internet Security 2005
Spybot SD v1.4
Adaware SE Free version - v1.06

I have read a lot of good thongs about Spy sweeper.
Is this worthwhile anti trojan software ?
Will it add any value to my existing software above ?
I do not mind paying up to US $30 for effective software.

Thank you in advance
Derekp

[richrf]

Hi derekp,

Since you are looking for an anti-trojan, I would recommend that you try out the trial copy of Spy Sweeper and compare it to Ewido. I trialed both products and ended up preferring Ewido because I felt that Ewido had overall better coverage.

If you are looking at anti-spyware software, you might want to try out CounterSpy. I would say, based upon my experiences, CounterSpy may have a slight edge in coverage, but I believe it is very slight and I think what it will come down to is what runs better on your machine. Sometimes the AVs (in your case Trend-Micro) conflicts with an AT and AS.

I do believe that one of these products would add incremental security value to your system. I believe Ewido would add the most since it has very nice coverage of both trojans and spyware.

Hope this helps,
Rich

[john2g]

You could not do better than to buy BOClean. It covers the "normal" trojans, together with the ones that install spyware/adware/malware.

[tazdevl]

This should be in the privacy software forum.

SpySweeper is an anti-spyware app, not an anti-trojan.

Ewido is more of a anti-trojan than a anti-spyware app, but does better with spyware than SpySweeper does with trojans.

That being said, I run both SpySweeper 4 and BoClean.

I'd recommend ditching Trend Micro, picking up NOD32, BoClean and Spysweeper or running NOD32 and Ewido. Computer will run much better and you'll have better overall protection.

[derekp]

Hi

Thank you all for your replies.
I appreciate your comments very much.

regards
derekp