Antispyware selection

[joex2000]

What antispyware, etc. for detection (not using the real time
protection.) do u suggest other than SpyBot and MalwareBytes?

Is these two enough.

--Thankx in advance

Using: Windows XP (SP2)
AVG 8.5
Firefox
Windows XP firewall

 

[verbalizer]

have all three:
Comodo Internet Security
http://download.cnet.com/Comodo-Internet-Security/3000-2239_4-10460704.html
ccleaner
MalwareBytes

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.superantispyware.com/

free and just what you are looking for,enjoy!

wlcome to the forum!

click the free button,this is a great free tool!

 

[joex2000]

http://www.superantispyware.com/

free and just what you are looking for,enjoy!

wlcome to the forum!

click the free button,this is a great free tool!

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What makes superantispyware special than the rest?
It is not even the most downloaded or used.

Usually they recommend MBAM and Ad Aware.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

mbam is better super is next best

 

[makaveli2007]

use spyobt search and destroy & spyware blaster as prevention tools

and use a-squared + MBAM for on demand scanning

 

[davcon]

I use Super and Malwarebytes.
Used to use Spybot but i find Super does a full scan much faster.

 

[makaveli2007]

I use Super and Malwarebytes.
Used to use Spybot but i find Super does a full scan much faster.

what tha?? super faster than spybot????

spybot taks 1 second to scan

and spybot mostly is for prevention

 

[davcon]

what tha?? super faster than spybot????

spybot taks 1 second to scan

and spybot mostly is for prevention

Ahh ya! maybe you might want to set-up Spybot properly.
I used it for over 6yrs and when configured properly scans were at least 30 - 45 min sometimes longer depending on the size and content of your hdd.
Super scans in 15min full scan for me at the moment 112gb on hdd.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

spybot is junk now outdated!

 

[verbalizer]

OP - which ones have you actually tried yet.?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I use malwarebytes and superantispyware , spybot is lame compared to those 2!

 

[joex2000]

I use malwarebytes and superantispyware , spybot is lame compared to those 2!

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Besides scan speed factor, what are the important factors
(like can detect others cannot detect, etc) that makes
spyware worthwhile to use?

If it can detect what others (MBAM and spybot) can detect
then it is almost the same as others and it doesn't really
matter if the user use superantispyware or not.

 

[brandoncatz]

Hopefully I won't get jumped for saying this, but Microsoft's Windows Defender has done pretty well for me. I've used a bunch of others in the past, but MS has beat me in to submission since it loads it with Windows 7. It's been a while since I've used any other anti-spyware program. Anyway, the best one thing to use to prevent spyware is your brain. Avoid certain sites and don't run questionable programs/downloads/attachments. Anti-spyware applications should be your backup.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

spybot is not even in the same realm as the other two it is weaker in all aspects!