Hello Olddad,
The facts are that there are many types and varieties of spyware, and there
is no single application that can detect and/or remove them all.
That's why the wise strategy is to have one anti-spyware program running in
the background - to hopefully catch as much spyware as possible - and several
others that are installed without running in the background but for on-demand
scans, to hopefully detect and remove what the full time spyware scanner
missed.
Even with all this, there will still be some variants that no anti-spyware
software can detect or remove. In that case you will have to perform a
painstaking analysis on your own to identify the problem or you have to do a
clean install.
That's why with spyware, prevention is much better than cure.
And since most spyware gets installed because users weren't being careful
with the way they use their computers.
Every anti-spyware application (most anti-virus applications are not) is
programmed to look for certain items and is dependent on the status of
itsdefinitions/reference files. It's very unusual for two or more
applications to look for and/or find exactly the same things. This is why you
need a multipronged approach to hijackware.
If I want to expend money, I spended with Ewido, otherwise, Roll your own
Free Security Suite - CastleCopsWiki
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your...Security_Suite
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I hope this post is helpful.
Еиçеl
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"oldad" wrote:
> Having Defender, AdAware SE plus and Spybot active...my Spysweeper is due
> for renewal for $29..Is there really need for renewing Spysweeper?
> Thanks for any comments
