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| 372756 | 2005-07-16 14:04:00 | chronic pop ups but i got spy sweeper and it did the job so thanks every1 | Mr_Rain313 (7944) | ||
| 372757 | 2005-07-16 16:15:00 | There are the free ones and then the many that you have to pay for after a trial version. Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-aware personal(I think?) are the two most popular free ones. But I sometimes wonder if these two combined really do get rid of all spyware on your computer. And ad-aware personal is still always a lighter version of the pro version. right? |
Bazman (6587) | ||
| 372758 | 2005-07-16 23:08:00 | From my own personal experience, I find AdAware is nowhere near as good as Spybot S&D. Spybot finds more spyware, and gets rid of them effectively, AdAware does a reasonable job, and on the very odd occassion will find something Spybot has missed. I also tested MS Antispyware and SpySweeper at my course. They were blowing about how good MS Antispyware was, whereas I supported SpySweeper. We ran them both on the same computer which we knew had spyware probs. Installed one at a time, ran the test then uninstalled it. We did NOT clear problem files. Results: MS Antispyware (run second) found 0 problems SpySweeper (run first, then third to clean the comp) found 30 problems (the same on both scans). 25 of those problems were cookies (which I know MS Antispyware does not look for). The other 5 included Klez, and 4 others. My tutor was highly disappointed with MS Antispyware as he had recently bought it. We never got the chance to test more, I have heard that Counterspy is slightly better than SpySweeper though. This test was run a month ago, under nonscientific conditions. These tests were a spur of the moment thing, could be quite wrong, but this is just my experience :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372759 | 2005-07-17 00:17:00 | My tutor was highly disappointed with MS Antispyware as he had recently bought it. Bought it?! I didn't realise that there was a paid version. :confused: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 372760 | 2005-07-17 00:40:00 | Bought it?! I didn't realise that there was a paid version. :confused: There isn't. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 372761 | 2005-07-17 00:55:00 | True, but thats what he said. Maybe he meant gotten hold of it. |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372762 | 2005-07-17 01:45:00 | A useful site for this kinda shizza is run by a mate of a mate in the USA: http://temerc.com It's a bit amateurish in design, but very comprehensive. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 372763 | 2005-07-17 01:57:00 | The other 5 included Klez, and 4 others. Klez is a Virus/Worm, not "spyware" or "adware". It is not the job of adware/spyware programs to also deal with viruses, the fact that Klez was present perhaps indicates a less than effective or updated AntiVirus program, and not a shortcoming in the spyware program.. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 372764 | 2005-07-17 02:10:00 | I use Spybot S&D,Ad-aware,Spyware Blaster,Spyware Doctor,MS Antispyware. All free and if one does not do the job I have the others to use.One will pick up something the other did not so its good to run them after each other to check everything is all clear. ;) I also have AVG Free Edition (Anti-virues),Zone Alarm Free Edition (firewall). I just update all of those every time before surfing the net,its just a habit now,and it helps to have the shortcuts on the desktop next to your internet browser so you dont forget. :2cents: |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 372765 | 2005-07-17 02:41:00 | Klez is a Virus/Worm, not "spyware" or "adware". It is not the job of adware/spyware programs to also deal with viruses, the fact that Klez was present perhaps indicates a less than effective or updated AntiVirus program, and not a shortcoming in the spyware program..I realise Klez is a worm, I included it as a way of showing how comprehensive SpySweeper is. BTW the other 4 were spyware, not viruses Lets just say the antivirus they were using before that scan had quite a few shortcomings. Got them to install Kaspersky after that, picked up heaps of viruses |
Myth (110) | ||
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