Blaster vs. Guard - the difference?

Hello Non-Brand Name,

SpywareGuard and SpywareBlaster are rather different products, but, using them together increases your protection against spyware because they work very differently.

SpywareGuard is a resident scanner (similar in a way to an anti-virus scanner) which proactively scans executable files prior to them being executed - looking for spyware installation kits. It scans these programs with both known signatures and some general protection techniques. It will warn you if a program you've started is going to attempt to install known spyware.

SpywareBlaster is a preventative program. It sets flags in your registry to prevent the running of a specific list of bad spyware related ActiveX controls. This includes general spyware and malicious dialers. You run SpywareBlaster periodically, say once a week, just to check to see if its database has added new malware. After that, it no longer needs to run, but the flags (kill-bits) remain - protecting you.

Two forms of protection in two separate programs - worth running together.

 

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