Do you use PestPatrol?

Oh yah, Giant. Another application I really liked.... then blam, bought out and watered down.

 

ZeroSpyware definitely deserves a mention in my opinion.

 

Lets not forget Counterspy

 

From Sunbelt was it not?

 

Interestingly their site is still up although product is dead!

 

FBM Software operates as FBM e-services now.

 

http://giant-antispyware.softpedia.com/


Wow... for somebody who is not careful or familiar... you could end up with a really old software download.

I think I liked Giant even better than Ewido.

...well... maybe not.

 

Lol. Oh my!!! So they were other PSYCHOs Addicts like me (No offence)

* Installing every new antispyware program just because it's new.
* Pretty much downloading the entire antispyware/security software section on download.com
* Whenever I come across a friend's comp. that is infected, use Kitchen Soup method of spyware sweep -
"Ok guys (4+ trial programs) jump in there, do your thing, the first one to find & fix the problem I leave till the expiration date, the rest go bye-bye".

Actually, I do recall I didn't always install all the downloaded programs, there would be one or two I'd save for later.
Which I would then use on my friend's comp as a test platform when something was up with it.

 

Man that takes me back! I remember that was one of my first anti-spyware programs along with Ad-aware and Spybot.

The problem with Pest Patrol was:

^This. Yep, when I first used it I thought "wow, look at all the spyware I had!". Pest Patrol taught me what a false positive was, much in the way KaZaA taught me what actual spyware was like.

 

Spybot Search & Destroy has remained active over the years, but I don't know very many people that still use it. I liked it back in the day. I have not tried it in a while. Here is their website http://www.safer-networking.org/

 

This thread brought back many memories...
Ewido Anti-Spyware, CounterSpy, Spy Sweeper, Spyware Doctor, BOClean...

 

LOL -- Why is this subjct so popeular that it always gets back to the top. Seeing the words Pest Parol that I started using so many years ago makes me feel so old