Is SpywareBlaster enough?

Hey, I surf the web alot and I'm paranoid about security. I run ad-aware professional to clean all the spyware off my computer and I use SpywareBlaster to block it on the web. I was wondering, are there any better SpyWare blockers than SpywareBlaster? If so, which ones and how?

 

Hello,

as your question is not support related, it has been moved to an appropriate forum.




snowbound

 

Hi,

No SpywareBlaster is not enough, but ....

First of all, how is it that you are getting so much spyware in your PC ? most of us don't get any. I wonder if you have properly secured your browser and PC ? That would be a high priority in stopping it coming in !

A good HOSTS file can a very useful addition, do some searches on here for info etc about it.

Here's a few software suggestions to think about as well.

You could choose an AV with AS built in, like the one i use for example, which has now been upgraded to v9.5

BitDefender 9 and BitDefender 9 Professional Plus now includes antispyware protection! http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Products/showSolutions/1/Desktop.html BitDefender 9 Antispyware a stand alone solution is also on there

Just a few other solutions include

Spybot - Search & Destroy Free http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

Windows Defender Free http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Spy Sweeper http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/?WRSID=6dbc76274926da0b74c8b4416f7f4aeb

SUPERAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/

ZeroSpyware http://www.fbmsoftware.com/pmain.aspx?id=3

You can try before you buy on the non Free ones and see how they perform etc


StevieO

 

No as Stevie o points out. I assume you are using Internet explorer. Why not try another more secure browser instead of Internet explorer such as Opera. A lot of the spyware presently is targeted at IE. But if you must use IE --in addition to what Stevie o has pointed out there is also Spywareguard and dont forget the IE Immunisation feature in SPYBOT.