Complement ESS with AntiSpyware?

Well I am a Rollback Rx user and typically carry a snapshot history for the past 7-days. So while I can easily and quickly revert to a prior system state, the thing with spyware is that without an anti-spyware program it's usually not apparent that kind of malware is on your system!

 

Hi Jo Ann,

I use both CounterSpy and SAS I have not had any
false positives with SAS, and only one with CounterSpy,
and I think it is really important for you to use a program
that you understand, that works well on your computer,
and that does not cause any conflicts with other security
type software you may have installed.

I think it is also important that when any security program,
be it a Anti Virus or a Anti Spyware program throws a alert
for a possible infection that prior to taking any action that
you check the path, directory, and the file to insure that
yes a infection has occurred, or that no a false positive has
occurred and than decide on your course of action, and if
it is a FP than notify the software vendor.

I have had other security software throw up alerts on
legitimate windows system files and hosts files and
it has made me wary.

I think to that you have been given some excellent advice
in this thread, both programs are great applications along
with ESS, and as LoneWolf said on demand scanners make
a nice addition for some reassurance.

Regards,

Wake

 

Good advice.

 

Maybe being picky but realtime protection does not remove "deeply rooted malware" from a system it simply offers checkpoints to stop malware from installing in the first place.

Rubs hands with glee,time to install some genuinely deeply rooted malwares(Kernel mode RK trojans/ADS trojans from my Zoo collection) and see if CS live's up to its marketing spill of "no place to hide"

FWIW if folks want realtime protection CS has the edge over SAS because of the HIBS integration into the software offers a completely different level of protection.

If folks want an ondemand scanner(for detection and removal)of malwares then i would suggest the Raw disk read technology of SAS's next botkiller is up another level on CS scanning technology so SAS has the edge there

 

Hi fcukdat,

I look forward to seeing your results IMHO CounterSpy
offers top notch real time protection using any web browser,
and SAS compliments it nicely for on demand scanning.

However due my web surfing habits every scan with either
of these products I get a no harmful software detected
message lol so I am curious to see your results.

Happy Testing !

Wake

 

does nobody like ewido?

 

SUPERAntiSpyware Pro. v4

 

I would like to see your results.

 

SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware are my favourites. I just tested Evidence Eliminator (http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/) and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware finds after EE installation lots of "problems", SUPERAntiSpyware not a single. They reinforce each other

 

never try Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, it's the first time i hear about it

 

I use it also. Malwarebytes AntiMalware realtime and SAS on demand.
They have a free and paid version
Free being on demand scanner and paid has a resident guard.
They are working on a trial with the guard.
Malwarebytes

 

thanks for the info
but there is the ewido forum , is not so powerful the new version of Ewido?


but a lot of malware change and ruin the os , is there some anti malware that is able to correct the damages of the malware
almost every software can only delete the malware

 

if i'm not wrong ,CounterSpy has a huge database
about 180mb , need a lot of time to update
and i don't know why is so huge

 

None. Every malware scanner leaves debris, even if they're harmless data files or registry entries. Formating or restoring a clean image is the only way to restore the OS to a pristine state.

IIRC, CounterSpy includes a whitelist to reduce FPs in its HIPS.