Windows Defender Enough?

[Guest]

The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?

It's usually a good idea to use multiple adware/spyware detectors, as
so single product seems to catch everything.


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[Guest]

I downloaded Spybot S&D. I've been using it for years on XP but was a little
apprehensive about Vista. It seems to work great so far. Upon inital scan, it
caught some tracking cookies that Defender missed.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hello Joe,

The simple answer is Spybot S&D is finding cookies and WD doesnt scan

for cookies as they are not a threat to your system and contain no code.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/search.aspx?=&qu=cookies

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
to run Spybot S&D also?

No.


Is it necessary?

Absolutely necessary? No. But running at least two anti-spyware
products is a very good idea.

Note what 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

 

[Richard G. Harper]

I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.

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[Crazy Noddy]

I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.

On Vista I am only running Defender and Spybot S&D, also Ccleaner but that's
not anti-spyware software but it is a good idea to use it as it cleans out
all the crap. On my Win2K box though I have Adaware, Spybot, Spywareblaster,
SuperAntiSpyware, A-Sqaured, Ccleaner, MVP Hosts file, and use FF with
noscript plugin. That's my usual anti-spyware regime and it keeps me safe
and clean.

 

[Doug]

On Vista I am only running Defender and Spybot S&D, also Ccleaner but
that's not anti-spyware software but it is a good idea to use it as it
cleans out all the crap. On my Win2K box though I have Adaware, Spybot,
Spywareblaster, SuperAntiSpyware, A-Sqaured, Ccleaner, MVP Hosts file, and
use FF with noscript plugin. That's my usual anti-spyware regime and it
keeps me safe and clean.

Webroot Spy Sweeper works fine with Vista. Recently Webroot Window Washer,
which was a favourite of mine under Windows XP, has become Vista compatible
too, doing a much better job than Vista's own Disk Cleanup. They work well
in tandem.

 

[Marjay]

Just note that these products do not work on 64 bit Vista!!

 

[Crazy Noddy]

Webroot Spy Sweeper works fine with Vista. Recently Webroot Window Washer,
which was a favourite of mine under Windows XP, has become Vista
compatible too, doing a much better job than Vista's own Disk Cleanup.
They work well in tandem.

Yea, but those are not free progs. All the progs I listed are free and do
the job just as effectively. Ccleaner does a much better job than Vista's
disk cleanup, check it out.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

[Crazy Noddy]

Just note that these products do not work on 64 bit Vista!!

Spybot does if you get the latest beta and Ccleaner does too.