Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC | reply to CO_Chris
Re: Spbot is fine for me.
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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Piobaireachd
Happy Halloween
Premium
join:2000-09-21
Port Orchard, WA
| reply to tdkyo
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 | 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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