Re: Brief poll, your preferred spyware?

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:38:56 -0700

In news:e7jU5hq8EHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Yves Leclerc <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> typed:

>A lot of people I talked with "swear" on CA's PestPatrol. They
>say it
> catches everything, but it is not free.

*No* anti-spyware product catches everything--not even close.

See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-features.htm which states "No
one program will be useful, convenient, effective, and
appropriate for every user. Moreover, as testing with these
anti-spyware applications has demonstrated, no single
anti-spyware application will remove everything. Therefore, users
are advised to install and use at least two anti-spyware
applications. "

> A complete list a anti-spyware utilities:
>
> AD Aware SE 1.05 ( and do the updates)
> Spybot: Search and Destroy 1.3 (do the updates!)
> CWShredder (always check for updates)
> Zone Alarm Free firewall (much better than SP2's firewall)
> A good anti-virus system. Avast and Avg offer a free version
> WITHOUT
> Technical support. You can still get the updates.

No, that's not even close to a complete list. There are over 150
such programs; see the link cited above.

>
> HiJackThis (the ultimate spyware removal tool. Not easy to use
> but
> you can post to free web forums and others would suggest what
> to
> remove with this program).
>
> Also, as much as possible, always do Microsoft's Windows
> Updates, so
> as to get all the latest fixes for XP weaknesses.
>
>
>
> BTW: It was suggested that anyone who does not use Microsoft's
> Internet Explorer, or any other browsers, will not get spyware.
> I
> have yet to see any confirmation about this!

You've seen no confirmation because the statement is nonsense. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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