AV spyware/adware protection

Hi all
Today most of AV s protect users not only from viruses also from spwares and adwares.Part of them have good spyware/adware detection, while others haven t.
What is yours experience which AV have good spyware/adware detection and which haven t?
For example I think NOD32 have bad spyware detection, Antivir have good...

 

antivir seems to have decent adware detection, from my experience its flagged quite a few bits of adware.

 

Good spyware/adware detection:

- AVG Professional
- AVG Anti-Malware (of course, due to Ewido engine)
- AntiVir Premium
- BitDefender

ATM can't really think of anything else, will let you know if anything pops into my head.

 

What can you say about Norton 2007 adware/spyware detection?

 

Pointless thread!
One AV vs Another AV
That is what I think .

 

agree.

 

If you go by the latest PC World test then I would say it's pretty good. Personally, I haven't has any Adware/Spyware problems while using NIS2007, but then again I don't personally try to install any either.

PC World Link

 

Why you think so?

 

I know for a fact the mcafee suite 2006 said that it had spyware detection included, but that was far from true. I would get spyware and trojans I didn't think I had, but I knew something was fishy with my computer, so I downloaded ewido anti-spyware/trojan (whatever it was) and found them and destroyed them, after that I started looking for real security programs/suites, then I found wilders!

 

What about F-Secure? I do not have a very high regard for AdAware, which is their AS module, I think.

Jerry

 

most users dont have a malware base large enough to be able to say what AV has the higher adware/spyware detection, you need a large sample to test... no point in individual amature users who will have no more than 100 spyware/adware files on their PC comparing the detection of different AVs... sample size is far too small and they have inconsistencies in methodology eg, settings of AV. Just look at a comparison from someone with a large sample size and reliable/consistent testing method such as www.av-comparatives.org... its not a sole spyware/adware comparison, but PUPs are similar (detection rate shown in tests)

There was also a few more AS-comparisons somewhere on the internet (i cant find it at the moment)... maybe someone knows some and can post them

 

I haven't used Adawre in a long time... I think that the Kaspersky engine, Norman's sandbox, or F-Secures HIPS would pick something up before the Adware engine did. Just a guess though.

 

While I partially agree with this statement, I'll post my two cents.
- Very good ad/spy detection: Antivir PE Premiun (IMHO it's the best), BitDefender.
- Good ad/spy detection: KAV-based AVs, AVG (only the paid versions), NOD 32, Dr Web (CureIt is good at cleaning crap filled PCs)
- Average ad/spy detection: Avast, F-Prot, Norton.
Adding AVG AS and/or SAS will cover the weaknesses of your AV.

 

Here are the detection percentages for adware (spyware not listed as a separate category) from the latest PC World (AV-test.org) antivirus test.

Percentage of Adware detected:

Bitdefender - 99%
AVG - 97%
Norton - 97%
Trend Micro - 90%
Avast - 89%
Panda - 89%
NOD32 - 86%
KAV - 73%

 

If you look at Av-comparatives, you can see that every AV (except Avast, Fortinet and Onecare) scores above 85% in detecting pup's (potentially unwanted programs). IMO adware detection is not number 1 for me, spyware is more dangerous..

 

Hi jerry,
f-secure uses adware and kaspersky extended bases for spyware detection.
so its very good at detecting spyware.
put it this way it never let anything through while i was using it.
lodore

 

Thanks, Lodore. I did not consider the Kaspersky extended bases. That would make a difference I think.
Take care,
Jerry

 

I know that Panda also have good ad/spy detection..