Spyware Blaster?

[Father Guido]

I use Ad-aware and Spybot, like many of you, but I also have Spyware
Blaster. I don't see much in this NG about Spyware Blaster. Is it
considered a front line anti-spyware program, or should I just remove
it and stick with the first two?

Curious Norm

 

[Helen]

I use Ad-aware and Spybot, like many of you, but I also have Spyware
Blaster. I don't see much in this NG about Spyware Blaster. Is it
considered a front line anti-spyware program, or should I just remove
it and stick with the first two?

Curious Norm

I use it along with Kerio, WinPatrol and whatever the Windows thingy
does (if anything);
SpyBot and common sense.

Helen

 

[Brian Robertson]

I use Ad-aware and Spybot, like many of you, but I also have Spyware
Blaster. I don't see much in this NG about Spyware Blaster. Is it
considered a front line anti-spyware program, or should I just remove
it and stick with the first two?

This group voted it Pricelessware last year.
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006SECURITY.php#0711-PW

 

[POKO]

I use Ad-aware and Spybot, like many of you, but I also have Spyware
Blaster. I don't see much in this NG about Spyware Blaster. Is it
considered a front line anti-spyware program, or should I just remove
it and stick with the first two?

Curious Norm

Father,
I've been accused of not keeping my website up to date to which I
confess my guilt and seek your absolution. I'd say an act of contrition,
but I'd have to cut 'n paste it from Google.
Why not be on the safe side with security apps and run as many as there
are out there - besides the ones listed on
http://www.manitoulinislandindex.com/security.html , I also run:
advanced spyware remover http://www.evonsoft.com/
superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
windows defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Talk about overkill, eh

 

[Bob Feigel]

I use Ad-aware and Spybot, like many of you, but I also have Spyware
Blaster. I don't see much in this NG about Spyware Blaster. Is it
considered a front line anti-spyware program, or should I just remove
it and stick with the first two?

Curious Norm

Spyware Blaster is a prophylactic. It doesn't remove spyware, but it
does a damn fine job of preventing blocking/preventing it.

Using all three (if not more) simply increases your protection.
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[KBB]

I've been accused of not keeping my website up to date to which I
confess my guilt and seek your absolution.

7 x 12 Rosaries and 7 x 7 Hail Maries , and all is forgiven.

Any opinions here on the free version of A -squared?
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Spyware Blaster is a prophylactic. [....] it
does a damn fine job of preventing blocking/preventing it.

Isn't that what Spybot's "immunization" does too?

KBB

 

[hummingbird]

Spyware Blaster is a prophylactic. [snip]

I thought that was summat the doctor prescribed for constipation ;-)

 

[Bob Feigel]

I've been accused of not keeping my website up to date to which I
confess my guilt and seek your absolution.

7 x 12 Rosaries and 7 x 7 Hail Maries , and all is forgiven.

Any opinions here on the free version of A -squared?
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Spyware Blaster is a prophylactic. [....] it
does a damn fine job of preventing blocking/preventing it.

Isn't that what Spybot's "immunization" does too?

Yes. But the advice in spyware forums I've read is to turn off
Spybot's Immunize function and use Spyware Blaster instead.
Apparently, the three programmes (AdAware SE Personal, Spybot and
Spyware Blaster) work best in tandem and are very effective when you
use AdAware for prevention/detection/deletion, Spybot for detection &
deletion and Spyware Blaster for prevention.

BTW - just to make sure, I also use two licensed programmes as well:
AdwareAway and Spyware Doctor. AdwareAway has the added feature of
preventing/detecting/deleting keyloggers. When I first ran it, it
detected & deleted three keylogger nasties my other anti-spyware
software had missed. So far so good ...