Spyware terminator is it good ?

Right, it should be added asap!

I think Spydefense was a rival of Arovax Antispyware but during the last months the first one has no support from the EverestLabs company.It has been left to die...

 

Any further experiences with Spyware Terminator? Or else I'll have to decide for myself. And I'd rather not.

 

It have a very good real-time protection, monitoring important system areas...

 

I would never ever trust something installed on my system with a name like spyware 'terminator' ...

never ... ever ...!!

 

probably .. they'll be back and sometimes in a sec. (and I must be a poet at the moment..)

 

And "Sweeper" or "Doctor"?

 

that's better imho .. spyware terminator SOUNDS like snake oil, but that is just my personal opinion.

 

I respect you opinion...

Just to know...

 

So far I am very impressed. I'm using v1.5.0.718.

 

Re: Has anyone heard of Spyware Terminator

umm that takes me back here

 

Anyone done a comparison of Spyware Terminator vs Super Antispyware. I know that the latter does not have realtime protection in the freeware version but the on demand scanner is rated really highly and I was wondering how ST compares to that.

Objective rather than subjective answer please!

 

I use both!

ST for real-time protection because of its excellent HIDS protection, and now also have HIPS protection...

SA Free Edition for on-demand scanner because of its excellent malware detection...

I preferred ST for real-time protection and SA for on-demand, because SA have better detection against installed malware...

 

I use KIS 6 (inc. ProactiveDefense) for my main protection against all threats, together with ProcessGuard 3.4 as my main HIPS/HIDS. Therefore, I suspect that for me using ST (which is apparently stronger in real time protection) is a little pointless given that I already use SuperAntispyware for on demand scanning (and that is supposed to be stronger in that department than ST) unless I am looking for additional realtime protection.

I now multiple layers are good but I am concerned about potential conflicts (or the 'drag' on the system that they can cause) between KIS & ST real time protects. Anybodyt tried that combination.

 

i tried it out and the real time shield got annoying with the constant allowing of stuff

 

I don,t think u need it with ur combo.

 

Has there been any conflicts using spyware terminator and other products like prevx1 or online armor av+? I noticed that spyware terminator uses some internal av for scanning, is that a problem with other av's?

dja2k

 

you could disable the clamav to intergrate into spyware terminator.

I have used ST for about one week and am really satisfied with it. It only has one process, which consumes about 13mb, and has updated four times so far.

 

But does the clamav conflict with others or not? I mean it is probably an av only for execution and not real time scanning, so it should be okay to leave it on right?

dja2k

 

If you leave it on, it would slow down the computer. Meanwhile, imho, most of AVs in the market are better than clamav. So one av in realtime is good enough.

For more information, you could take a look at ST's forum

 

Okay thanks, I have unchecked the realtime av scanner. As for other settings, what are people using the seting at, advanced or expert? Have they also enabled all shields or not, by defualt some aren't turned on.

dja2k

 

ill put this on the family laptop as a cleaner

 

i picked advanced and turned on all shields. i leave HIPS off.

 

How often does ST actually update, and how will I know when/if it does?

Thanks,
Jerry

 

You can set it to automatically check for updates as often as every hour but in practice the availability of updates is more sporadic, ie, driven by the discovery of new threats.

I believe that the notification is provided by the real time shield function.

 

Thanks, I got it.
I installed and ran a scan. It looks like a good program to me.
Jerry