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Title: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: mrapoc on Jun 05, 2008, 19:37:16
I see a common trend of people using SuperAntispyware so ill deffo get that

Havent seen much use for an antispyware until i realised my sister has been clicking .exes she shoudnt be  :shake:

/begin-paranoia

something bad will happen if left unchecked i just know it!
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Sebby on Jun 05, 2008, 20:40:00
Perfect time for you to ask this question - see Steve's (D-Dan) new article on just this. :)

http://www.techsupportalert.com/dr/best-free-adware-spyware-scumware-remover.htm
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: mrapoc on Jun 06, 2008, 07:06:55
I ran superantispyware and all it found was cookies =/

enabled spywareblaster and spywareguard

any other recommended scanners to add to my arsenal?
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Gary on Jun 06, 2008, 07:20:06
what's your internet security? most have good antispyware now, I used to use spywareblaster but found it slowed browsing down a bit, with a good HIPS system or a good AV which includes antispyware you should not need loads of apps using resources or possibly conflicting with active shields, myself I use Kaspersky 2009 and Superantispyware and have never found more that a few cookies, even then not that many as I set Firefox to network:cookie:behaviour value 1 (block third party cookies) now in FF3 as a setting in privacy thank goodness and also setting network prefetch next to false, or setting IE to allow all first party and allow all session cookies and block third party ones :) having two spyware apps one being active, one on demand should be enough really these days.
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: mrapoc on Jun 06, 2008, 09:13:53
I have NOD32

64 bit XP
Super anti spyware
Spyware guard
Spyware blaster

Anything else you recommend?
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Inactive on Jun 06, 2008, 09:21:06
You look quite safe with what you have, the only other very small free application that I use is RogueRemover, it uses hardly any resources and is a tiny application.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Malc on Jun 06, 2008, 10:56:53
Quote from: mrapoc on Jun 06, 2008, 07:06:55
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any other recommended scanners to add to my arsenal?

Spybot search and destroy?
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: madasahatter on Jun 06, 2008, 11:46:55
I use spyware terminator  :thumb:
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: vitriol on Jun 06, 2008, 13:31:15
After the recommendations in the post I decided to try SuperAntispyware.  It has locked up my laptop twice in the last 10 minutes, it comes back eventually.

Anyone else finding this?
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Rik on Jun 06, 2008, 13:32:32
Not happening to me. Have you got anything else running which it might be conflicting with?
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: vitriol on Jun 06, 2008, 13:36:29
Only Avast Antivirus,  lockups only started when I installed this.  Will let it finish scan and will probably uninstall it.

Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Inactive on Jun 06, 2008, 13:40:31
Never had any problems with it, on 3 different computers.

I use AVG 8. on them, not Avast.
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: Simon on Jun 06, 2008, 13:41:19
Not every program works well on every machine.  Maybe yours just doesn't like SAS.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: vitriol on Jun 06, 2008, 13:43:19
I think you're right Simon,

It didn't find anything of great improtance anyway, only a few cookies.  You win some, you lose some I guess.

Title: Re: Combination of spyware do you find the best?
Post by: JB on Jun 06, 2008, 15:05:42
Quote from: vitriol on Jun 06, 2008, 13:36:29
Only Avast Antivirus,  lockups only started when I installed this.

Must be machine specific as others have stated. I use Avast on several computers and swear by it. Never had a problem.

JB.