blackdragon1
join:2007-06-16
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
1 edit | [POLL] Spyware Removers & Prevention - 2008 Member Choice
According to Wikipedia, "Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent."
Here is the official 2008 Members Choice POLL for "Spyware Removers & Protection Programs". Thanks for your participation!
| What software do you use to remove and protect yourself from Spyware? |
|---|
| | | Spybot Search & Destroy |  167 (22.8%) | | Spyware Blaster | 94 (12.8%) | | Ad-Aware SE | 82 (11.2%) | | Windows Defender | 73 (9.9%) | | Ad-Aware 2007 | 45 (6.1%) | | SUPERAntiSpyware | 41 (5.6%) | | BOClean | 36 (4.9%) | | AVG Anti-Spyware | 36 (4.9%) | | MVPS HOSTS File | 27 (3.6%) | | None | 19 (2.5%) | | A-Squared 3 | 19 (2.5%) | | Webroot Spy Sweeper | 17 (2.3%) | | SpywareGuard | 16 (2.1%) | | Other (specify) | 15 (2%) | | IE-SPYAD/IE-SPYAD2 | 13 (1.7%) | | Spyware Doctor | 8 (1%) | | Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner | 8 (1%) | | eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware | 6 (0.8%) | | CounterSpy 2 | 5 (0.6%) | | Spyware Terminator | 4 (0.5%) | | Ashampoo AntiSpyWare | 1 (0.1%) | | SpyRemover | 0 (0%) | | SpyHunter | 0 (0%) | 274 participants.
732 total votes.
results as pie chart in flash |
|
|
Rxdoxx
Premium,Mod
join:2000-11-03
Middle River, MD
clubs: 
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
Host:
Software
Washington & Balti..
1 edit | Use a number of them 
Can add one that has its uses for me, not supported anymore, but BHODemon is still useful to see what Browser Helper Objects are attached to my browser and I can deal with them from its GUI if necessary
»majorgeeks.com/download3550.html
--
To be on a pedestal is to be in a corner |
|
TheAnalyzer
join:2006-01-20
1 edit | reply to blackdragon1
Great Poll blackdragon1
I use:
Windows Defender
EDIT: I uninstalled adaware SE and spybot s&d. I don't use them anymore...
TA
--
quod erat demonstrandum |
|
lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
Premium,Mod
join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs:
·Comcast
Host:
TV over IP
Software
RCN
Inside Insight
Team Discovery
| reply to blackdragon1
Combo of things as I believe in layered protection 
Mostly, SpywareBlaster & Spybot.
Great job on the poll, blackdragon1  ! |
|
dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to blackdragon1
Great Poll blackdragon1!
No resident AS here, but I have a slew of on demand scanners - odd hobby. 
--
Think outside the Fox... Opera |
|
MagMan
Life is simpler when you tell the truth.
Premium
join:2003-10-01
Westlake, OH
·AT&T Midwest
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to blackdragon1
I like the layered approach myself I use 6 out of that list.
Spybot Search & Destroy
Windows Defender
Spyware Blaster
Ad-Aware 2007 Pro
eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware
A-Squared 3
--
"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is." |
|
mromero
Premium
join:2000-12-07
Los Angeles, CA | reply to blackdragon1
BOClean
MVP HOSTS
Spybot
SpywareGuard
Spyware Blaster |
|
blackdragon1
join:2007-06-16 | Thanks guys.
I myself use SUPERAntiSpyware and MVPS HOSTS File. |
|
Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
Premium
join:2002-03-12 | reply to blackdragon1
I use Norton AntiBot. |
|
antiserious
The Future ain't what it used to be
Premium
join:2001-12-12
Scranton, PA
| reply to blackdragon1
Good job on the poll, blackdragon1 .
I use the term 'use' loosely, since I'm rarely in Windows anymore, but I have A-squared, AVG Anti-Spyware, and Spybot installed for on-demand scans if needed. Nothing running resident except for WinPatrol. I rely more on SpywareBlaster and the Immunize feature of Spybot, along with Firefox with NoScript. I can't decide if IESpyAd is still worth having, but I have not removed those entries as of yet.
But 99.5% of the time, spyware is no factor at all.
--
"It is The Universe that makes fun of us all."
Why exactly would The Universe make fun of us all?
"Maybe It's insecure." |
|
MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
·Bell Sympatico
·Cogeco Cable
| reply to blackdragon1
Nice job on the pole.I use quite a few;
Avg Anti-Spyware - paid.
A-square free.
Spybot S&D without teatimer.
SpywareGuard old is always good.
Spyware Blaster.
Superantispyware.
MVPS HostS file.
hpHosts.
and other ThreatFire.
--
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. - Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978)
|
|
La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | reply to blackdragon1
Spybot S&D
Ad-Aware 2007
Windows Defender |
|
Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
Premium
join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC
·Shaw
| reply to blackdragon1
Thanks for the poll blackdragon--well done! Like others I take a layered approach.
Ad-Aware SE
AVG Anti-Spyware
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware Blaster
--
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. - Mark Twain
|
|
salzan
Experienced Optimist
Premium
join:2004-01-08
WA State | reply to blackdragon1
Good job on the poll!
No AS installed here. |
|
louist
And So It Goes
Premium
join:2001-12-01
Oakland Gardens, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to blackdragon1
I use a number of them. Have Norton 360 on a couple of machines which also has an antispyware function Works pretty well. Also non obtrusive
»www.symantec.com/norton/products/n360/
--
regards,Lou |
|
Rob A
Same Old Jets
Premium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | reply to blackdragon1
Spyware Doctor and Windows Defender
nice job on the poll |
|
DownTheShore
Tar and Feather Joe Lieberman
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs:
| reply to blackdragon1
Currently it's SuperAntiSpyware, Spyware Blaster, WinPatrol and BOClean for me, with a-squared and Spybot on-demand.
--
Life is simply one damned thing after another. |
|
mers2
Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
clubs: | reply to blackdragon1
Great poll! I've pared down considerably on the software I use. Currently I have BoClean, Spywareblaster and the occasional scan with Spybot S&D.
--
Team Discovery
|
|
hayc59
VoodooChild
Premium
join:2001-02-26
David R.I.P.
1 edit | reply to blackdragon1
SUPERAntiSpyware |
|
rjackal
R.I.P Colin McRae 1968-2007
Premium
join:2002-07-09
Plymouth, MI
clubs: | reply to blackdragon1
I use Mac OS X to protect myself from spyware, viruses and trojans. |
|
