Anti-Spyware Poll 2007

For XP 64 I use Windows Defender x64 as thats the only one capable on a 64bit OS, for regular 32bit I use Spyware Terminator, works pretty good with a good HIPS as well.

 

I voted for :

- AdAware
- Spybot
- AVG AntiSpyware
- Spybot
- SUPERAntiSpyware
- AV also detects Spyware : Dr.Web

 

spysweeper use for on demand for now since to heavy for realtime usage on my system. but i have send rthem an email and hope they can sort out the bloat lol.
superantispyware pro atm for on demand but could use realtime if i take some of the processes out I dont need.superantispyware pro has got to be my favourite antispyware program atm
lodore

 

AVG realtime and Superantispyware free version for on demand

 

KIS and commonsense.

 

Adaware
Spybot Search & Destroy
AVG Antispyware
Super Antispyware
Spyware Blaster

 

I go with BoClean. So far never let me down. Checking once in a while with a-squared.

 

As of today, Windows Defender.

 

BOClean and SUPERANTISPYWARE PRO
That's works fine

 

I use NOD32, BOClean, AVG Anti-Spyware, WinPatrol in real time and SpySweeper, A-Squared for on Demand!

And When my License Expires for SpySweeper I will not renew because it is so Bloated


TH

 

Uninstalled Windows Defender, re-installed NOD32 Antivirus.

 

SAS Pro. I have tried all the others such as Spyware Doctor, Counter Spy, Spysweeper and they killed my machine CPU usage. I can't deal with that.

 

SAS Pro and Dr.web, which has spyware included.
Badcompany.

 

Boclean and Dr. Web.

 

superantispyware free for on-demand.

and

spyware terminator realtime.

 

As of 1/27/07, AVG Anti-Malware 7.5.

 

Ad Aware, Spybot, A squared, AVG.
For "other": SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard.

 

Ad-Aware and SpyBot are the best software of this category IMO. The are an excellent combo; the former is expert on tracking cookies, the latter is expert on registry and malware. A must-have duo for Windoes users!

If you are a mid-experienced user and if you use a firewall, there is absolutely no need to use a software beginning with start-up. In this way, for example, Windows Defender or AVG Antispyware are useless except once-a-week scans. What do they protect? Registry? Not at all. If you know what you are doing with your computer, why bother yourself with them? Insted, I prefer scans of Ad-Aware and SpyBot, nothing missed.

Another point, I believe some of the software above are spies themselves! They need to connect to main server even when you are not updating anything! For example: CA, Spy Sweeper and Spyware Doctor. These programs behave in a really weird way on my computer. Thanks to my firewall, I was able to detect and understand what they were trying to do. Don't ever trust in this programs, they are watching your computer.

 

I've found with on-demand scans that AVG AntiSpyware often finds many trojans as well, so can protect registry by deleting the trojan before it has time to infect the PC and add entries to the registry.
Things are missed by Ad-Aware and SpyBot... you know the score, no AS program is 100% effective.

Very true, if you know what you are doing, you don't need any protection... problem is that most people don't know what they're doing or get tempted or forget about protection

 

I really respect AVG (ewido) AntiSpyware and SuperAS, though I'm still suspicious about Microsoft AS product.
What you say is really important; none of them provide %100 cleaning. The pinpoint is that user is to find the right scope and accuracy for him/her system.

 

None. No anti-spyware, anti-trojan, or resident AV. Anti-spyware detection rates are poor. Their removal abilities are worse. Many of the business practices and ethics are questionable. Some are actually partnered with adware companies. Others have dropped detections when adware companies threatened them. Such software is nearly useless.
Using SSM, a good firewall, and running my browser thru Proxomitron, along with a default-deny policy enforced on the system keeps it clean.
Rick

 

About 3 years using Ad-Aware & Spybot, last year added SuperAS -free edition- as supplemental.
This combo is good enough for me

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herbalist,help me learn something here. Your words many,some and others are very open ended and I can't keep up. Help me,please.

 

Just on the point!

 

herbalist,thank's for the pm.