Spyware

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Win XP Pro, Dell computer.
Any comments: Webroot anti-spyware or SuperAntiSpyware? I
have Webroot. Dell recommends Super. What are your comments?

Thanks.
 
Sanford Aranoff said:
Win XP Pro, Dell computer.
Any comments: Webroot anti-spyware or SuperAntiSpyware? I
have Webroot. Dell recommends Super. What are your comments?
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You own a Dell, yet you doubt Dell's recommendation.

Why should anyone here waste their time giving you THEIR
recommendation?
 
Win XP Pro, Dell computer.
Any comments: Webroot anti-spyware or SuperAntiSpyware? I
have Webroot. Dell recommends Super. What are your comments?
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The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and
oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that
cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple
products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what
another may miss, (grab'em all).

SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
And
Ad-Aware 2007 - Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
And
Spybot Search & Destroy - Free
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
And
Windows Defender - Free (build-in in Vista)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
WD monitors the start-registry and hooks registers/files to prevent spyware
and worms to install to the OS.
Interesting reading:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html
"...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects
changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about
the actual threat."

Optional:
SpywareBlaster - Free
"SpywareBlaster is not a scanner application. It blocks the installation of
most ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers and other
unwanted programs from the user's computer. SpywareBlaster works by
blacklisting the CLSID of known malware programs, effectively preventing
them from infecting a protected computer and also allows the user to
prevent privacy hazards such as tracking cookies."
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
 
Sanford Aranoff said:
Win XP Pro, Dell computer.
Any comments: Webroot anti-spyware or SuperAntiSpyware? I
have Webroot. Dell recommends Super. What are your comments?
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I use the webroot package but there is nothing at all wrong with the one
Dell reccomend. It's important to note that none of the anti-spyware
packages are perfect, so this isn't a case of "which one is the best"
because all the ones that are good are each good in slightly different ways.
 
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