The Most Effective AntiSpyware program?

MBAM free and Hitman Pro. Otherwise you have enough with Prevx, Nod32 and Online Armor Premium.

 

I just don't understand people.
They will criticize (rightly) A-Squared,or even Avira for false positives,while giving Malwarebytes,that generates twice as many,often in system files,a free pass.

Malwarebytes is a clean up tool,and like ComboFix,ISeeYouXp,etc is an experts tool.

I know this is anecdotal,but,for me, the only detections
SuperAntiSpyWare missed,that Malwarebytes flagged,turned out to be false positives.

I am speaking only of on demand,as I cant afford,(nor see the need for,)
the overhead,(financial or resource) of real time Anti-Spy Ware.

 

I think MBAM full and Prevx are the best combination right now.

 

yes indeed

 

I run MAB's scan at near idle times, so the impact is minimal for me. But this all depends on your "horsepower" since RAM, CPU, and drive speed are in play when scanning. It's installed on Win7 and use it to scan 4 partitions on two drives. SAS BTW has a greater impact - it's installed on XP PRO.

I can't detect any impact from Sanboxie (IE8 Sandboxed only) - the executable runs at less than 3 MB + a Service. It's installed on XP PRO.

 

The free version of MBAM has no background processes running when not in use so, except when you are doing an on-demand scan, its impact is nil. Sandboxie is extremely light and shouldn't have any noticeable impact on browsing speed, while at the same time providing rock solid protection for the browser.

With NOD32 and Prevx, you don't need more of the same running in real-time. You can of course use as many additional on-demand scanners as you want without impacting the performance of your system. There's no point in paying though, as the main difference between paid and free versions is usually to add real-time features that you don't need; just stick to free versions for the occasional on-demand scan.

As I said prevously, if you want additional real-time security, you would be better off adding layers that protect in different ways: e.g. virtualisation and policy restriction management. Less overlap and less chance of a conflict with what you've already got. Sandboxie is a very good place to start.

EDIT: You didn't say whether or not you just have Prevx, or whether you have Prevx + SafeOnline. If the latter, for Sandboxie and SafeOnline to work together you will need to enable the Sandboxie "JAWS and Window-Eyes (Screen Readers)" Accessibility setting. You will find it under the Applications section within Sandbox Settings (which can be accessed by double-clicking on the Sandbox Control icon in the system tray). The slight weakening of Sandboxie security that this entails is compensated for by SafeOnline (providing of course that it is the paid version of SafeOnline and not the free trial version).

 

I bought Prevx 3.0 Can you say what differences exist between Prevx 3.0 and Prevx SafeOnline?

Thanks.

 

I sent a message to MAB asking about "Quick Scan" and "Complete Scan." I asked, "Under what circumstances do you suggest that I run a "complete scan." Their response was "never."

Do the people on this forum agree?

 

only if you feel you are very infected,then you want to confirm you are clean with a full scan

 

Your going to need proof of that. Just spewing info without any backup proof isnt going to get you anywhere. As a matter of fact exactly the opposite for most members here is true. How do you know those "FPs" werent actual infections that SAS didnt pick up? That would mean SAS detection rate is lower.

 

safeonline is a new component.....http://www.prevx.com/safeonline.asp

well its not necessary for the quick scan itself covers most bases esp with the extra heuristic scan nowadays its more than enough

 

I agree with you. I found the same problems with the freeware version of MBAM & I ran it for about 13 months in all. I installed it right after SAS discovered the trojan I had. After SAS removed the trojan I ran MBAM for a complete scan to be on the safe side & it found nothing. It never found anything apart from my own drivers for about half a dozen times after that. I even quarantined this supposed 'malware' twice but fortunately eventually returned the drivers back to the computer without ill-effect. I have had problems with the updating mirrors as well, this has been reported by others who live outside of the USA.

It (the trojan) was my own fault really, I was surfing Russian newspaper sites using SeaMonkey's translator thinking I was being clever! The Google translation page informed me that I had contracted malware. I ran Norton, Spybot & Windows Defender & they missed it. It was only when I ran SAS that it found the trojan.

I'm not doubting the efficacy of MBAM but it is a tad over-enthusiastic in my opinion & should be used in emergencies only. I started to fear it!

I find SAS to be perfectly fine. In fact, I recommend it. I wouldn't recommend MBAM without informing anyone that it is prone to false-positives.

 

One sample is not really meaningful, even if you repeat it

I agree, MBAM has some FP from time to time ...

 

MBAM would probably have found the trojan as well. I removed it with SAS & downloaded MBAM afterwards just to be doubly safe. I miss its quick scan but I started to worry about it. I feel safer with a less aggresive scanner like SAS & I believe it's perfectly competent. Mind you, I don't surf Russian websites any more!

 

SafeOnline complements the anti-malware protection provided by Prevx. Whereas Prevx helps to protect the machine against infection, SafeOnline puts a wrapper around the browser that operates a bit like a sandbox in reverse. Instead of protecting the machine from the browser as Sandboxie does, SafeOnline protects the browser from the machine, in case the machine is already infected.

To quote from the Prevx website, SafeOnline protects the browser in the following ways: -

• Stops the browser being hijacked
• Stops Phishing attacks
• Protects against Keyloggers
• Protects against Screen Grabbers
• Protects against Cookie Stealers
• Protects against:
  o ZEUS
  o MBR
  o Goldun
  o Silent Banker
  o Bancos

 

cool protection from safe online

 

Can you offer some proof of this?
thanks