CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | reply to Sid
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 | SpySweeper works great!! |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC | reply to CO_Chris
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 | 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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Unregistered user
@cofs.net | reply to Cod
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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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
| reply to Cod
said by Cod  :
...spybot finds a heck of alot more spyware on a PC the the latter.
I'm curious how you tested this... If you ran SpyBot first and cleaned spyware out, that doesn't leave Ad-aware much to find. Say you've got 50 items of spyware and SpyBot finds 45 of them. Clean them out and then run Ad-aware. It finds the remaining 5. That doesn't mean SpyBot is better.
I run both actually. I don't care or think one's better than the other. I know Ad-aware doesn't consider c-dilla spyware, but Spybot does. At the same time, there's probably items that Ad-aware considers spyware that SpyBot doesn't... They're both small, unobtrusive, and free, so like I said, I use them both. |
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jsouth
Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS
| 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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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Santa Maria, CA
clubs:  | reply to CO_Chris
I also use ad-aware, it works fine. |
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Piobaireachd
Happy Halloween
Premium
join:2000-09-21
Port Orchard, WA
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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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Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
Premium
join:2003-07-31
Darby, PA
clubs:
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 ·Comcast
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ad-aware is good but the only draw back i found was that on certain adware it didnt remove all the spyware witch removed access from the internet. i backup what i removed and reinstalled it and i was back up. found spybot and ran it worked like a charm. spybot isn't perfect by all means but no program is but spy bot is damn close. i run both on my comp still adware 6 plus and spybot 1.3 beta 4 ( witch kicks ass )
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cork1958
Cork
join:2000-02-26
Fruitport, MI | reply to tdkyo
Ditto for me. Plus Spywareblaster for preventive measures. |
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fixrman
join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA | reply to Cod
AdAware is updateable as well. |
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