This was a good tip in PC World, Mar. 2007: "Open applications don't get defragged, so close them before you begin. Ditto for tools that reside in...
I have had it on my computer for a couple of years or so. It doesn't seem to do much of anything, at least judging by its own reports, which list...
It's difficult to know what to make of Spyware Doctor. I read the various AS tests in PC World, PC Magazine, and random other sources, and Spy...
Let me add this postscript to the CommonName detection I reported at the start of this thread. I ran a full scan a couple of days ago, and...
I just downloaded the latest SS definitions; from the download time it must have been a much larger file than usual. The good news is that a...
This is the latest information I could find on their site: ---------------------------------------------------- Knowledge Base Webroot >...
About Webroot's Window Washer, I have not had any real problems with it. One thing I do find annoying is that when WW is cleaning, I notice by...
I downloaded the latest program update and a few days later ran a sweep. SS scans the memory and registry, and then stops with the message that no...
The question by cdr is a good one. I do not use Bit Defender (NIS 2006 instead), but I would be interested in knowing in general if Bit...
There's an interesting albeit brief clip on YouTube showing F-Secure tracking the worldwide spread of a worm over a 24 hour period or so:...
I did some further checking based on ravin's great tip, and it appears that the culprit is /L:ENG, a program that is part of Sound Blaster Audigy...
Thanks for the link, ravin. It will take me a little while to go through the discussion, but one thing that caught my eye in a quick...
Thanks for that suggestion, ravin. What forum was that recommendation located on? I can't see how CounterSpy would cure the problem unless it...
Thanks for the link, Franklin. I did try it, and was a little surprised that it ran without giving me any info or options before it actually...
Hey Bubba, No, I did not run that test. I never heard of it until now. Worth doing later or not?
Thanks for replying. Yes, it's the system32 folder, but it does not disappear. The 'restore previous folder ar logon' option was not set....
I had a hard drive crash recently, and after loading Windows XP and all the other software, I found that the System32 screen will pop up during...
How does Acronis work? Does it make an image on a partition of the hard drive, or does it copy to an external drive? Probably gives you the option...
If I had to choose just four: Norton Internet Security - AV, firewall, antispam, now has AS - mostly recommended for the first two items Spy...
Well, my point was that Window Washer or something similar is a utility that you should run regularly anyway (I do once a day), so I don't feel...
True enough, but I don't necessarily find a high correlation between the length of time of a scan and the results, although AS vendors with long...
I just checked the session log for the last sweep a couple of days ago. "Custom Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 00:16:44" So technically I guess...
Well, it's difficult to compare applications to begin with, but Spy Sweeper takes about half that time for a full sweep. It does have the option...
Spy Sweeper 5.2 does have a slider to let you adjust how much CPU time the app consumes during scans. As far as a resource hog, you can't beat...
I use SAS the same way, but I find it is incredibly slow - almost a half hour for a full scan. Norton NIS takes that long, but it is doing AS and...
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