SpywareBlaster? SpywareGuard? What's the difference?

I just heard about SpywareBlaster while using Spybot. Somewhere in the Spybot program it recommended SpywareBlaster as a good compliment and gave a link, so I tried it out. Well, that's all good - seems like a really good program - but what's the differerence in SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard? The descriptions are pretty vague, and I can't figure out what each one is meant to do. Are both worth using at the same time? All I can really tell is that one runs all the time in the tray and the other doesn't, and that they both have some sort of protection against spyware.

 

Hi UZ64

Welcome to Wilders.

Here's a thread explaining the differences,

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=18132

Hope this helps.


snowbound

 

Oh, ok, I see. So Guard is mainly an active scanner for files, and Blaster sets up a list of bad ActiveX programs. But how does the SpywareGuard stop spyware from being installed? I just formatted a few hours ago (my computer suddenly got in the worst shape it's ever been, with CoolWebSearch and errors galore...), and am kinda hesitating to actually go through any installations I know contain spyware just to see how it works. The furthest I went was to actually open the installers, and nothing happened - they opened like normal, it didn't catch them. Does it catch the files on the fly as they're being installed? Thanks for the help.

 

Here's a page that explains how Spywareguard works,

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

You'll probably notice that it is not Updated very often. It is not needed as it uses Heuristics to catch Spyware.

More on that here,

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=23839&highlight=spywareguard updates


snowbound

 

Interesting... seems like something I should've had a long time ago, and perfect to go along with Ad-Aware and Spybot. It's clearer now. Again, thanks for the info.

 

I have Ad-aware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard and they all run great together.

Oh, and your welcome.


snowbound