Spybot etc

[jel183\(UK\)]

I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?

 

[Richard Urban]

I would never trust just one line of defense.

Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware both work under Vista and I have them
both installed for on-demand scanning.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[BobC]

I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?

I run SpyBot and Lavasofts Ad Ware SE;I can scan with Defender ,then scan
with AdWare,"always find several criticals".
Luck

 

[Rock]

I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?

Add me to the others. I use both Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware. I haven't tried
SpywareBlaster on Vista yet. With non viral malware, though Vista makes it
harder for it to get a toe hold, still no single program catches everything.

 

[Richard Urban]

Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Rock]

Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!

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Thanks Richard, I've just bee lazy in not installing it. It's nice and
innocuous.

 

[Richard Urban]

Agreed. The only resource it uses is when you update the signatures. After
that it sits there dumb and blind.

The only thing I have verified in Vista is that SpywareBlaster does, in
fact, add the nasty sites to the restricted zone in IE7. All seems good.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[jel183\(UK\)]

Agreed. The only resource it uses is when you update the signatures. After
that it sits there dumb and blind.

The only thing I have verified in Vista is that SpywareBlaster does, in
fact, add the nasty sites to the restricted zone in IE7. All seems good.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Thanks for your reply - I shall be installing all three today.