Sid
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Santa Maria, CA
2 edits | Spbot is fine for me. I just use spybot. It works just fine for me. But I do know that a lot of people use both spybot and adaware. But I am going to download spywareblaster. Just havent got around to it. They are free!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot......First post! wooohoooo  -- WinXP,Kaspersky AV,Tauscan 1.6,Outpost Pro,IE & Opera,Becky! 2.07 | |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | Re: Spbot is fine for me. I Use Ad-aware and it works great . If there is better i would try it to | |
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 | Doubledee32
join:2002-06-20
Charlotte, NC | Re: Spbot is fine for me. SpySweeper works great!! | |
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| Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC | Not to make this a spybot vs. ad-aware dispute, spybot finds a heck of alot more spyware on a PC the the latter. Plus its ability to download updates to detect new spyware makes it incredibly accurate. | |
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| | tdkyo
join:2002-12-07
Rochester, NY | Re: Spbot is fine for me. Heck, both of them do a good job. What I do is run ad-aware first then spybot to double check. | |
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Piobaireachd
Happy Halloween
Premium
join:2000-09-21
Port Orchard, WA
| Re: Spbot is fine for me. said by tdkyo  :
Heck, both of them do a good job. What I do is run ad-aware first then spybot to double check.
I run them both as well.
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cork1958
Cork
join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI | Ditto for me. Plus Spywareblaster for preventive measures. | |
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@cofs.net | Actually, Ad-Aware can now download updates as well.
I do have to agree, though. Spybot seems to catch more spyware, although I run both, just to be sure. | |
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Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS
| Re: Spbot is fine for me. I think it was Maximum PC that said that Spybot removed a few more "spyware" apps than adaware. Notice a said a few and not "a heck of a lot more" like the previous poster. I believe this is due to spybot having more updates put out than adaware. That said I use both. | |
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| | fixrman
join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA | AdAware is updateable as well. | |
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NightLinks
Premium
join:2001-06-04
Bronx, NY | I use SPYBOT & ADWARE they both work good for me. | |
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Nanoprobe
Crunching in subspace
Premium
join:2003-05-11
Crab Nebula
clubs:  | Re: Spbot is fine for me. Same here,spybot& adaware with spywareguard also to help prevent that crap from installing in the first place. | |
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| | | histeve
join:2004-01-18
Honolulu, HI | Re: Spbot is fine for me. Adware has change since they first started. I know I was one of the first, Now they want me to pay more money under some knew speculating capitalist! Try some other spy removal. Boycott Adware. | |
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crashnburn
join:2000-12-13
Bay Area | Re: Spbot is fine for me. Why did Adaware only want you to pay and not the rest of us? Been using it free all this time! | |
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vice8686
join:2000-10-13
Lancaster, CA | Ditto:) | |
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Too lazy to register
@attbi.com
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lilhurricane
| More importantly than which one you like, please donate to the one that you like. It gives the authors incentives to keep the applications supported.
I like spybot and have donated. | |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
 ·Comcast
| Re: Spybot is fine for me. I concur! The only effective way to fight the bastards is with money (as unfortunate as that is). It's too bad that PayPal doesn't exactly have a clean reputation when it comes down to protecting your privacy and your credit card info. Fortunately we can mail a cash donation:
»www.safer-networking.org/index.p···ernative
Oh yeah, Spybot - Search & Destroy rulez!
Actually, come to think of it, most German software rulez! (Ahead Nero, O&O Defrag, OpenOffice, WinRAR (that's Russian, but now is based in Germany, etc.) | |
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| SoCal99
join:2004-01-22
| Re: Support is the real issue I appear to be like a lot people and I use Ad-aware, Spy-bot and Spyware Blaster, with Popup Cop and all 3 of my computers have ZERO pops or other nasty-ware.
But I agree with lilhurricane... What is more important is which product do you support financially! Because some of the best programs like Spybot and Spyware Blaster are worth their weight in gold.
I supported both products because they changed the way I surf internet (being that 90% of all internet ads are from your own hard drive). And Popup cop and Ad-aware keep new ones from coming.
And both Spybot and Spyware Blaster offer free updates to keep them current. I am not affiliated with either company but I know that it takes time and resources to keep them both bug free and current.
So supporting these companies helps so they can afford to keep beating those sneaky, never-sleeping, bad guys. | |
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LaurieDB
Does it really matter?
Premium
join:2003-05-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| Re: Spbot is fine for me. I agree about using both. I use both and I never have any problems. I also am using SpywareBlaster. In the past 2 years, the only spyware with which I've had to contend was the lop.com hijacker, but Ad-Aware killed it. I'm very careful now to update definitions at least weekly now on all three products. | |
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| Bill Clo
join:2002-01-15
Lewisberry, PA
| I second that. I use AdAware first, and then SpybotKiller. Spybotkiller frequently finds stuff that Adaware didn't.
It even found some Gator related stuff that Adaware didn't, which is strange because Adaware usually does a good job of rooting out Gator...
Just installed the SpywareBlaster. Thanks guys, for the ideas. | |
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Where I can I download Spbot? | |
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Sid
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Santa Maria, CA
| Re: Spbot is fine for me. said by jdir :
Where I can I download Spbot?
Download it here: »www.safer-networking.org/
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crashnburn
join:2000-12-13
Bay Area
| spybot alone is suck. I had experienced first hand with a number of systems at work. I ran spybot first and it does it it supposed to do. However, there are a fw that it failed to detect and remove so I ran adaware as well and it completely remove every spyware on the system. Bottom line, spybot is good but not good enough. Run both to be safe. | |
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edbo245
Premium
join:2003-03-22
Wickliffe, OH
clubs: | I use both Adaware and Spybot. They are both pretty good but Spybot just better since you have the ability to block things from ever getting on you pc. Plus Spybot seems to find more stuff anyway. | |
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Jaysin21NC
join:2003-01-18
Rutherfordton, NC | Hey every1
I use AdAwarePro and Spybot in combo... it works great and usually find things each lack... they are a good team.
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@midco.net | i use spybot 1.3 and adaware 6 and spy sweeper, as well as viruscan 8 which scans for spyware and virus and also use zonealarm 4.5 pro on my windows xp system this works good for me. | |
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speedy21
join:2003-12-24 | Actually, I use Ad Aware Pro, Spybot, & Spy Sweeper. I run Ad Aware first, spybot second, & then Spysweeper. One program catches what the other program doesn't catch. | |
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