Spybot

[Oziebill]

Has begun to crash my system - it reads away and reaches a point where it
seemingly tries to connect via my telephone (the old screech, screech I
remember from dialup days) and then the system closes down.

I run daily Spybot (1.4) 2006-3-10 and Adaware SE - fully updated without
any problems until recently. Also run AVG Free Edition scan each morning.
I also check for updates daily.

Any ideas.

Win XP Home, ADSL connection

 

[Guest]

Hi, Seeing as you run adaware dump the spybot as adaware in my opinion is a
better program.

I had the same problem with spybot some years ago and once I got rid of it
the problem was solved. Also if you have registry mechanic run it as well to
get rid of any stray stuff when you delete spybot.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, Seeing as you run adaware dump the spybot as adaware in my
opinion is a better program.

Bad advice. The issue is not which program is better. The issue is that a
single anti-spyware program is insufficient for protection, and it's much
safer to run both.

Note that Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware
products states

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing
anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the
"critical" files and Registry entries"

See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm