oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| Wouldn't know...
...since I ditched it right after reading about their selling out.
Spybot and others work just fine for me. I'm not missing Adawareexceptthosewhopayusoffthenwe'llclaimwedetectitbyincludinganuninstallerbutyouwon'tknow sincewedon'tdetectit.
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Gundam_MX
Stomping Robot
join:2003-06-27 | Does anybody know if Spybot Search and Destory will remove the spyware? |
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user4275
Location, Location, Location
Premium
join:2003-11-27
Chicago, IL
clubs: | Spybot S&D has WhenU in its definitions, as far as I could tell, when it was running. |
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SeVeReD
join:2001-02-24
Oceanside, CA
| reply to oliphant
I'll be worried most when Adaware starts installing spyware along with their tool. I'm using adaware, spybot, and MS antispyware at the moment. What I'd like to know is (and i have to run things again to find out myself i guess), does Adaware still catch stuff that spybot and MS antispyware don't? or should i just drop adaware all together. |
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nipseyrussel
Nipsey Russell, yo
join:2002-02-22
Philadelphia, PA
| said by SeVeReD  :...does Adaware still catch stuff that spybot and MS antispyware don't? or should i just drop adaware all together. SeVeReD, see this article:
»Anti-Spyware App Performance
and the link to the report
»windowssecrets.com/050127/#story1
This report compared effectiveness of standalone applications and various combinations, since each package seems to catch different stuff than the others. While I've used AdAware and Spybot in combo for a while (and just added MS), the report suggests that Giant AntiSpyware (MS) is the best alone but only catches 63% of the test spyware. The best combo they suggest is Giant AntiSpyware plus Webroot Spy Sweeper (70%) or Ad-Aware SE Personal (69%). Giant + Spybot only caught 67%. Anyway not a huge spread from 67%-70% |
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Daviey
join:2003-02-26
Lakeland, FL
| reply to oliphant
No matter how you look at it, this was one stupid move by Lavasoft. Taking WhenU out of the definitions could have been excused if they had acted quickly and rationally once it was pointed out, but instead this has been a textbook case on how not to handle a PR disaster. On top of it all, they did this when a reasonably good (and free) alternative has just become available in MS AntiSpyware. Whether they got paid to do it or they just made a series of utterly boneheaded mistakes, they lose big time with only themselves to blame. Trust is hard to regain.
David |
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kdoty74011
join:2003-07-20
Broken Arrow, OK |  reply to SeVeReD
Lavasoft is fine to use for now. I wouldnt recommend useing Spybot search and destroy at all.... |
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