Malwarebytes or CounterSpy v3 ?

If you have to select between these two, I prefer CounterSpy.
SUPERAntiSpyware Professional Edition is another option to consider!

If you don't want a Real-Time AntiSpyware protection, install
A-Squared Anti-Malware 4.0 Free
-OR-
SUPERAntiSpyware Free.

 

I have installed counterspy.

For their real time scanner to run you have to disable any other real time scanner (including the one of your AV).

What do I gain with this? 1 step forward and 5 steps backward.

This was a very short triail.

 

Hi,

Which one of AV's realtime scanner ?

 

If there is any real time scanner running you have to disable that one (if you want the counterspy real time scanner).

e.g. if you have an AV running with a real time scanner, you have to disable that one (if you want the counterspy real time scanner)

 

Hi,

I happened to run McAfee Virus Scan 8.7i Enterprise version with antispyware module AND with its real time (on access scanner ON all time), no problem.

I like to hear someone HAS to disable AV real time just because of Counter Spy's presence (realtime).

 

During installation counterspy tells this.

 

CounterSpy should install without having to turn off your antivirus. If it didn't, no one is going to use it.

Maybe VIPRE is the one you tried to install.

 

That is incorrect, please see here:-

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1380846&postcount=15

 

It advises it, but most av's will still work if u enable counterspy on acess scanner after installation

 

Nope.

No it is not: see attachment. But thanks for the workaround. I have reinstalled it.

 

MBAM is updating their data base several times a day everyday since I downloaded it. I've also used and highly recommend CounterSpy.

 

MBAM detects 1465 nasties - thats it. End of story.

MZ

 

erm no it does not, are you really soooo in-experienced?

we really dont mind teaching you a little, but making such comments with zero truth doesn't help anybody.

 

It might not detect as many malware as other products, however, MBAM is very good at cleaning, especially the nasty ones (ie. Vundo). Also, MBAM's definitions are updated accordingly; it doesn't stay at 1465. If it did, no one would be using it at all.

 

Erm, yes it does. If Im inexperienced, then so is the author of MBAM as that is how many he lists it as detecting on the MBAM website.

You were going to teach me something?

My comments have zero truth?

Suggest you check your facts before making an idiot of yourself in future.

MZ

 

i know the site says 1466 in the detection list, but i cant see this as being true, can you?

their heuristics alone will (should) detect more than just 1466.

of course, i just cant see this as being true.

if it is, i will hold my hands up and join you in saying its a piece of crap, but i really cant believe what the website says to be true, dont they even have generic signatures, 1 signature should detect more than just the 1466.

 

i wouldn't just blindly go on what it says, why would ANYBODY use an app that culd only detect 1466 malwares out there? just use some common sense.

 

thats what i was thinking?

it seems weird to me that 1466 would be the detection rate, heuristics should detect more than that, and dont they have generic signatures, 1 signature alone should detect more than 1466.

of course, if im wrong.. i will completely agree with you, but i cant see it to be true, if it is, i will be woefully shocked.

 

I'm guessing they count all variants as 1 signature? But MBAM is designed to complement other software, not as a full AV or AS.

 

As I've posted earlier, those of us that use MBAM to clean machines deluged with malware know its worth. Sniping over tests, stats, and so on is useless!

 

You were saying earlier how I did not know what I was talking about and how you were going to educate me.....

Im sure, if MBAM detects more than the 1466 individual pieces of malware listed on the MBAM site, the author will come here and tell us / update his website. If he does not, Im sure you will be true to your word and joion the enlightened among us and say "its a piece of crap"

There are many sites where you can download compressed files containing many hundreds of current malware samples - PM me if you want some. Try it for yourself, MBAM detects next to nothing - it cant possibly be any good as Malwarebytes is not an organisation - it is ONE person, working at home - with occasional part time help from another person.

Wake up and dont fall for the b******t

MZ

 

by that quote, would you also say that SandboxIE or Defensewall or other apps such as those that are basically one man projects are "crap"? i wouldn't judge the program by that and 2nd, There are A LOT of users of MBAM, and im pretty sure the millions who use it aren't complete idiots, i prefer the opinions of thousands and thousands over one guy who thinks he knows all.

plus i know from personal experience that MBAM does a fantastic job at detecting and cleaning malware.

 

Sandboxie etc does not rely on signatures which require resources to update.

Your logic is flawed - no, Sandboxie etc are all fantastic apps. Its just MBAM that is crap. They have got away with it because most so called "security experts" are idiots, who jump on the bandwagon and have no ability to look at facts.

Anyway, I have proved what Im saying - if you and the other pretend experts want to pretend MBAM detects more that the website says its up to you. I wont be saying any more on the matter.

MZ

 

Promise?

 

If those were my only choices
Malwarebytes for sure