What Anti Spyware?

[Denise]

Hi,
can someone please advise of a good free anti spyware program that runs well
with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version 8.0 and began
having problems with the computer lagging, and generally slow all over, not
thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible issue that I thought may
be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as things had been good prior to
installation. I completely removed AVG and everything returned to normal,
great! But then I done a further download of the program again, and once
again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Spyware program that is recommended ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

Denise

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Obviously Defender is not enough for you. Since you have decided it lacks
some feature, you would have to define exactly what feature you lack before
you could pick a replacement. Lots of others have various bells and
whistles. Pick some feature you want added and goggle for it. IMO, none of
them add anything to protection against spyware any better than Defender.
(Most of the others seem to me to be obsessed with cookies.)

 

[DL]

AVG 8 is not an anti spyware app, its an anti virus app.
Do you have any other AV app installed?
What memory does your sys have?

 

[Charlie42]

Hi, can someone please advise of a good free anti spyware program that
runs well with Vista Home Premium. I downloaded the bought version
8.0 and began having problems with the computer lagging, and generally
slow all over, not thinking it was AVG, I checked every other possible
issue that I thought may be causing it. Eventually it lead to AVG, as
things
had been good prior to installation. I completely removed AVG and
everything returned to normal, great! But then I done a further download
of the program again, and once again the problems began.
Is there a good alternative Anti Spyware program that is recommended ?

If you need an anti-virus that goes easy on your system resources, I
recommend NOD32. Avast! may also be worth a try, if you are looking for
freeware.

http://www.eset.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Take a look at these site for test results and recommendations:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index

Charlie42

 

[Charlie42]

If you need an anti-virus that goes easy on your system resources, I
recommend NOD32. Avast! may also be worth a try, if you are looking
for freeware.

Oh, and like you probably understood from my answer, AVG is not an
anti-spyware, it is an anti-virus. Grisoft no longer offers a free
anti-spyware, but remember you already have Windows Defender. It is
recommended to run periodical scans with a second program, like Spybot,
Superantispyware or Ad-aware (all free). NOD32 is an anti-malware solution,
which offers protection against both viruses and spyware.

Charlie42

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Oh, and like you probably understood from my answer, AVG is not an
anti-spyware, it is an anti-virus. Grisoft no longer offers a free
anti-spyware, but remember you already have Windows Defender. It is
recommended to run periodical scans with a second program, like Spybot,
Superantispyware or Ad-aware (all free). NOD32 is an anti-malware
solution, which offers protection against both viruses and spyware.

Charlie42

You should take a look at AVG 8.0. It does now have an anti-spyware
function..


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[Charlie42]

You should take a look at AVG 8.0. It does now have an anti-spyware
function.

My apologies. 8.0 includes some spyware protection. It is the stand-alone
free anti-spyware that has been discontinued.

Charlie42

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

My apologies. 8.0 includes some spyware protection. It is the stand-alone
free anti-spyware that has been discontinued.

The free online Ewido scanner is still available though. AVG Anti-Spyware
was just a rebranded Ewido.

http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

ss.

 

[Nonny]

AVG 8 is not an anti spyware app, its an anti virus app.

It's both, doofus. Keep abreast of the changes.

 

[Denise]

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---My humble appologies, I obviously got carried away when submitting my
question!! Iam actually looking for a good Anti Virus protection to run
with Vista Home Premium.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated, thanks for the advice on the anti
spyware, I currently have Spybot S&D installed as I was told Defender was
not much good as a stand alone.
Thanks in advance once more

Denise

 

[Nonny]

"


---My humble appologies, I obviously got carried away when submitting my
question!! Iam actually looking for a good Anti Virus protection to run
with Vista Home Premium.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated, thanks for the advice on the anti
spyware, I currently have Spybot S&D installed as I was told Defender was
not much good as a stand alone.
Thanks in advance once more

Denise

Download and install AVG 8.0 free version from Grisoft.

http://free.grisoft.com/

It has everything you need in one package.

 

[DL]

I have Avast on one Vista Laptop its all ok, but the laptop has 2gb memory,
you didnt say how much yours has
And I have F-Secure suite on a Vista desktop, also 2gb
Both PC's run fine, if yours is slow I would suspect you dont have much
memory

 

[Pete Stavrakoglou]

AVG 8 is not an anti spyware app, its an anti virus app.
Do you have any other AV app installed?
What memory does your sys have?

AVG 8 is both an antivirus and an antispyware app.