Anyone notice that Ad Aware is finding less Spyware?

[Moe Hair]

I've been using Ad Aware and I've noticed that it hardly finds anything in
comparison to Pest Patrol. Spybot is not great shakes either.

I used to run Ad Watch in resident memory but it blocks way too much and is a
memory hog.

One more question - the Ad Aware update files seem to get smaller. Does this
mean they remove old Spyware checks from the updates? It appears to be based
on a top 100 list or something like that. I'm just wondering if it finds all
the older Spyware. Lavasoft says to keep old updates! For what reason?
Should they be reinstalled to check for older junk?

 

[siljaline]

I've been using Ad Aware and I've noticed that it hardly finds anything in
comparison to Pest Patrol. Spybot is not great shakes either.

I used to run Ad Watch in resident memory but it blocks way too much and is a
memory hog.

One more question - the Ad Aware update files seem to get smaller. Does this
mean they remove old Spyware checks from the updates? It appears to be based
on a top 100 list or something like that. I'm just wondering if it finds all
the older Spyware. Lavasoft says to keep old updates! For what reason?
Should they be reinstalled to check for older junk?

Running three Spyware scanners is probably overkill *but* they _all_ do their
jobs well.

You can configure Ad-watch not to load on start-up and use it on-demand by adding
a desktop shortcut to it. It is a known resource hog under Win 9x.

When updating Ad-aware, your old Reference File is overwritten once and again
when a new update is available - you can back them up manually but this is not
necessary - the new Reference File check for *all* current known Spyware.

HTH


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[Heather]

FWIW......ever since I put SpywareBlaster on here (and keep it updated,
grin), neither Spybot nor AdAware find much.....it sure does a good job
of keeping the 'nasty critters' from landing on my computer.

I can highly recommend this small program. It also cleans out your TIF
and Cookies folders (and you can protect whatever cookies you want to
keep, such as banking info and so on).

Quoting "Oops/Zee" here......

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
(Prevents malware Active
X installs) (BTW, SpyWare Blaster is not memory resident ... no CPU or
memory load - but keep it updated) The latest version as of this writing
will prevent installation or prevent the malware from running if it is
already installed, and it provides information and fixit-links for a
variety
of parasites.

Cheers......Heather

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

Latest Spyware Blaster URL :

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

"Bugless" Mow Green [MVP}

 

[Heather]

Oops......'mow' information. I goofed.....it is MRU Blaster that cleans
out the TIF and Cookies folders. Heck, I put them both on at the same
time, and being blonde, got confused, grin.

Thanks for the direct 'new' site, puss. I will use this for advertising
it.

Also have CWShredder and Hijack This sitting on the desktop as a 'just
in case'.......paranoia set in long ago, lol. (not really......just
being safe) But I am getting very bored with AdAware & Spybot
continually coming up clean!!

Cheers.....Figgs

Latest Spyware Blaster URL :

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

"Bugless" Mow Green [MVP}

FWIW......ever since I put SpywareBlaster on here (and keep it updated,
grin), neither Spybot nor AdAware find much.....it sure does a good job
of keeping the 'nasty critters' from landing on my computer.

I can highly recommend this small program. It also cleans out your TIF
and Cookies folders (and you can protect whatever cookies you want to
keep, such as banking info and so on).

Quoting "Oops/Zee" here......

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
(Prevents malware Active
X installs) (BTW, SpyWare Blaster is not memory resident ... no CPU or
memory load - but keep it updated) The latest version as of this writing
will prevent installation or prevent the malware from running if it is
already installed, and it provides information and fixit-links for a
variety
of parasites.

Cheers......Heather



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[Joan Archer]

I'm with you there Heather, get no nasties on my machine. I only have
Ad-Aware and SpywareBlaster but they keep me pretty safe plus my own
common sense. <g> and if you believe that last bit you'll believe anything
<vbg>
Joan

 

[Heather]

I believe you......seeing as you have never fibbed before, lol. I
prefer running AdAware to Spybot, but do it from time to time. Sure is
boring now with SpywareBlaster on here.......got a new one today though
that I had never seen before.

Hey......common sense is 'safe hex'. And if you follow that, you will
do just fine. I helped one of my genealogy listers clean up their
computer after clicking on a MyDoom attachment......and he promised
(without prompting from me, grin) to never do that again.

Off to eat supper. *Emeril* has been creating again......smells good.
I can *take* his retirement.....he is enjoying cooking. Makes me
brownies at least once a week, grin. Spoiled, but I am worth it!! (g,
d & r).......Figgs

 

[siljaline]

Oops......'mow' information. I goofed.....it is MRU Blaster that cleans
out the TIF and Cookies folders. Heck, I put them both on at the same
time, and being blonde, got confused, grin.

<snip>
SpyBot "can" be used as an MRU Blaster - if you configure it right

~Silj


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[Heather]

<snip>
SpyBot "can" be used as an MRU Blaster - if you configure it right

WOT?? You mean the Immunize feature that you told me to take
off.....LOL!! So which one is better?? And Blaster doesn't clean out
the TIF files as well as the regular way with Delete Files.....it seems
to leave a lot of the 'offline' ones in there. But the Cookie thing
works.

Cheers.....Figgs

 

[siljaline]

<snip>

WOT?? You mean the Immunize feature that you told me to take
off.....LOL!! So which one is better?? And Blaster doesn't clean out
the TIF files as well as the regular way with Delete Files.....it seems
to leave a lot of the 'offline' ones in there. But the Cookie thing
works.

Cheers.....Figgs

Negative on Immunize, Figgs - the MRU "tracks" feature, as good as any.
Open SpyBot in Advanced Mode > Settings > File Sets > Check >
Usage Tracking (bottom of list).

~Silj


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[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

I've been using Ad Aware and I've noticed that it hardly finds anything in
comparison to Pest Patrol. Spybot is not great shakes either.

One more question - the Ad Aware update files seem to get smaller. Does this
mean they remove old Spyware checks from the updates?

No-one's mentioned the real worry; that AdAware has sometimes buckled
to pressure from commercial malware software vendors, and removed
detection and management for these squeaky-wheel products.

So it may pay to keep an old, unmuzzled AdAware around.

In practice, I use both AdAware and Spybot, serially. In just about
every PC that has more than one commercial malware present, each has
found and fixed things the other missed - and often cleanup by the one
leaves residues that the other fixes up.

To cater for these litgative vendors, anti-commercial malware utility
vendors may do well to tone down the hype. Instead of "this removes
spyware" etc. (which can be legally challenged on the basis that
"NewDotNet is not spyware", etc.) they should position themselves as
software inventory managers.

Doing so, they'd need to avoid confusion with "help the police, beat
yourself up" products that fret about whether your LAN has more
commerciakl software copies than you have licenses for, etc. It would
be something like "this utility detects and removes software that many
users have expressed the desire to detect and remove".

And there's blow-all NewDotNet can say about *that*.

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[Joan Archer]

But I bet they will <vbg> wonder how long it will take them to arrive.
Joan

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 14:45:34 -0000, "Joan Archer"

But I bet they will <vbg> wonder how long it will take them to arrive.

"How do we hate thee? Let me count the ways..."

(followed by a long list of "how do I get rid on NewDotNet?" URLs from
a wide variety of forums, newsgroups etc. that amount to a petition to
NewDotNet to simply FOAD)

That is the iron-clad defense against "How can you claim users want to
be rid of NewDotNet?" challenges

cquirke (MVP Win9x) wrote:


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