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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.

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.


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.


Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH

reply to Cod
said by Cod See Profile:
...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.

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.


Piobaireachd
Happy Halloween
Premium
join:2000-09-21
Port Orchard, WA

reply to tdkyo
said by tdkyo See Profile:
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.

fixrman

join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA
reply to Cod
AdAware is updateable as well.
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