Re: Brief poll, your preferred spyware?
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/05/05
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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 00:25:19 -0700
"George" <air1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Could I ask a few pro's about which package(s) you prefer to use, and
> reasoning behind this.
>
> I'm using WinXP pro and would like to install anti-spyware. It's widely
> known that AdAware and Spybot are the current big two...and sure there are
> some up and comers and other good ones. Also, McAfee now has one.
>
> Most people say to install more than one package, but it seems to me that
> "loading up" with multipe packages creates a lot a lot to install, manage,
> and keep updated, for diminishing returns. AdAware is the most downloaded
> and seems to get rave reviews. Spybot also gets great reviews and has
> great extras like a file-shredder and start-up manager, but screenshot I
> saw looked 1990's.
>
> I'm thinking about installing only two... Ad-aware and McAfee AntiSpyware,
> since it would seem certain McAfee would keep getting better and have a
> rapidly growing base of definition files with the McAfee empire of
> resources behind it.
>
> -What do you think about this plan and pro's/con's of...
>
> -Ad-aware SE Personal-
>
> -Spybot Search & Destroy-
>
> -McAfee Anti-Spyware-
>
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D are a good combo platter. I'm not all that crazy
about McAfee, mostly because I think their updating process is annoying.
Spybot's advanced mode offers some extra features, and Ad-Aware has some
plugins that offer extra features. Whether they're useful or not, that's up
to you.
For a badly infested system, Hijack This is a great tool, but you have to
know what you're doing.
And of course, if you know what you're looking for, msconfig and regedit and
the delete key are really handy, too. In some cases, that's the only way to
remove nagging bits of spyware.
I spend a lot of time removing spyware for people, and since both Ad-Aware
and Spybot are free, I can install them, use them, and leave them on the
customer's system with some directions on how to maintain the computer using
those programs.
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