SpywareBlaster vs Ad-Aware

[Yinda]

Hi,

Bacause SpywareBlaster not only cleans existing spyware, but also prevents from installation, it is more complete than Ad-Aware. Also the scanning is much faster.

In that condition, why do you recommend to put Ad-Aware in the watch list of FileChecker?

My question is not malicious at all. I just want to know whether there is a reason to keep both.

Regards,

Yinda

[javacool]

quoting: Yinda link=board=34;threadid=4965;start=0#32505 date=1037560961]
Hi,

Bacause SpywareBlaster not only cleans existing spyware, but also prevents from installation, it is more complete than Ad-Aware. Also the scanning is much faster.

In that condition, why do you recommend to put Ad-Aware in the watch list of FileChecker?

My question is not malicious at all. I just want to know whether there is a reason to keep both.

Regards,

Yinda

SpywareBlaster does not clean existing spyware - it ONLY prevents it from being installed, and disables it if the spyware is already installed. Because of that, I strongly recommend that you still use a spyware cleaning program such as Ad-Aware or Spybot S & D.

The recommendation is there as an example (but with good reason - at one point, a malicious program tried to edit/remove the ad-aware executable). I also recommend adding Spybot S & D and any other spyware removal/protection programs you have (SpywareBlaster fits into this catagory also).

Hope this helps clear some things up.

Regards,

-Javacool

[Yinda]

Ok thanks.

I thought that existing spyware are cleaned because SpywareBlaster found some 40 items and, as you say, disabled them. But, after that, Ad-Aware found absolutely nothing.

[javacool]

quoting: Yinda link=board=34;threadid=4965;start=0#32512 date=1037561997]
Ok thanks.

I thought that existing spyware are cleaned because SpywareBlaster found some 40 items and, as you say, disabled them. But, after that, Ad-Aware found absolutely nothing.

The list of items is not items it has found, but items that you can protect your computer against.

Regards,

-Javacool

[Yinda]

What if the signature list of Ad-Aware is also covered by your database...

Regards,

Yinda