Webroot Quits COAST in Protest > Good Move Webroot!

Good Move Webroot!

I agree, good move Webroot. Nice to see there is still some ethics left in a few boardrooms.

I for one will be again renewing my subscription to Spy Sweeper.

Absolutely. It is about time they showed some ethics. Hopefully this will become a trend.

reply to ripoff
why its crap ... u need to get spybot search and destroy.
Beleive me i work for dsl company and customer always have spyware issues. I have them download spybot and it fixes everything.... unless its already too late and ur winsock is ruined ... i hate fixing winsocks

I agree, the freebies are the best spyware preventers available. I can't believe anyone pays for that, they leave alot of stuff behind, and spybot and adaware are the 2 best by far.

Well, I have a Webroot licence. And although I agree Adaware is a good spyware remover, Spyware goes further.

It has shields to prevent Spyware getting on you PC in the first place.

For me that's worth paying for.

But to react on the topic starter. Good move of Webroot. Ad/Spyware companies have no place in COAST.

reply to Thaler
Actually, this is the 2nd major spyware removal player to leave COAST - Lavasoft did it in Dec 2003.. take a look at COAST's membership list, no real big names there. BBR has a better support listing and membership following (as an example).

Spybot S&D is just one of the "trusted" removal programs available for free, but a good techie uses more than 1 tool in his arsenal / tool kit to get the job done.

reply to Jeesh
WRONG Tier2 and Jeesh!
Last time I checked, SpySweeper detects over 2x as much spyware as Spybot.

if you count all the cookies and false positives maybe

reply to hensepens
Actually, I use IE-Spyad for ad/spy/crapware prevention...and it does a remarkably good job too, without interfering with the user at all. Even old definitions (several months and going) still hold at bay most of the crapware install attempts out there.

reply to some guy
Of course, most just look at the numbers and say "look how many it found!!".... without realizing that most are cookies and not spyware programs. Many don't have any idea there is a difference.

reply to hensepens
AD-Aware Pro has a smiliar shield, -> Ad Watch which comes with pro

But other then that I agree.

Ad Watch does wht you say prevent s Registry mods -> Start up mods, Without your consent

reply to Jeesh

bad

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reply to Jeesh
Jeesh and someguy,
Oh believe me, I know the difference.
You're not dealing with a noob here.
I lose track of counting how many times Spybot thinks a PC is clean, when SpySweeper will find real, not traces or cookies, spyware running on the PC. Free is good for what it's worth. Witnessing this from a real world, hands on experience with countless PCs speaks for itself....
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"When you set yourself on fire and aim for the sky, you hope to leave behind some sparks of heat and light ... Like a vapor trail." - Neil Peart 2002

Personally, I use Spybot/Ad-Aware to detect the presence of a Ad/Spy/Crapware infection. Upon getting back a positive test result, I know that it's time to just wipe the damn system.

I use spybot/ad-aware and microsoft anti-spyware, no spyware here.
Microsoft's software works great. It is after all just repackaged Giant software which was one of the best on the market.

Yeah...but the whole validation phone-home software gig is crap IMHO. The reasons for that are in another thread though.

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