Phoenix2088
join:2002-12-04
Strongsville, OH
clubs:
 ·WOW Internet and C..
2 edits | [POLL] Spyware Removal & Prevention - 2009 Member Choice
Spyware is defined as a program that surreptitiously monitors and reports the actions of a computer user. »en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spyware
The following are the nominees for 2009's top Spyware Removal & Prevention programs. Please vote for your top pick(s)!
| What program(s) do you use to keep spyware in check? |
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| | | Spybot S&D |  102 (18.7%) | | Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware | 76 (13.9%) | | SpywareBlaster | 70 (12.8%) | | SUPERAntiSpyware | 53 (9.7%) | | Windows Defender | 53 (9.7%) | | MVPS HOSTS File | 27 (4.9%) | | SUPER Anti Spyware Professional | 27 (4.9%) | | Ad-Aware AE 8 | 25 (4.6%) | | BOClean | 23 (4.2%) | | A-Squared 3 | 16 (2.9%) | | Other (specify). | 11 (2%) | | None | 9 (1.6%) | | ZoneAlarm Anti Spyware | 5 (0.9%) | | Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware | 4 (0.7%) | | SpywareGuard | 4 (0.7%) | | Webroot Spy Sweeper | 4 (0.7%) | | McAfee Internet Security Suite | 4 (0.7%) | | Spyware Doctor | 4 (0.7%) | | Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner | 3 (0.5%) | | CA Anti Spyware | 3 (0.5%) | | IE-SPYAD/IE-SPYAD2 | 3 (0.5%) | | Spyware Terminator | 3 (0.5%) | | STOPzilla | 2 (0.3%) | | Ad-Aware Pro/Plus | 2 (0.3%) | | AntiSpy | 2 (0.3%) | | Advanced System Protector PE | 2 (0.3%) | | Ashampoo AntiSpyWare | 2 (0.3%) | | Spyware BeGone | 2 (0.3%) | | CounterSpy | 2 (0.3%) | 189 participants.
543 total votes.
results as pie chart in flash |
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
Premium,Mod
join:2003-01-11
Purple Zone
clubs: 
·Comcast
Host:
TV over IP
Software
RCN
Inside Insight
Team Discovery
1 edit | Awesome poll, thanks Phoenix2088  !
I use a layered approach - and chose as my primary line of defense:
SpywareBlaster
Spybot S&D
MBAM |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to Phoenix2088
Great Poll Phoenix2088! 
WD
MBAM
SpywareBlaster
SUPER
Spybot S&D
Bazooka
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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jadinolf
I love you Fred
Premium
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA | reply to Phoenix2088
Almost all of them. |
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Fedorov
Premium
join:2002-09-11
| reply to Phoenix2088
None of them, Online Armor as my firewall allows me to force software to "run safer" (limited rights)
Avast for Antivirus
Sandboxie is the main tool for preventing spyware, so what if it gets in my sandbox, it gets deleted and never reaches my real machine |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
 ·Bell Sympatico
·Cogeco Cable
2 edits | reply to Phoenix2088
Nice poll Phoenix2088 .
Avast 4.8 Home Edition other
SpywareBlaster
MBAM
SuperAntiSpyware Pro
a-squared
SpywareGuard
Hphost file other. |
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TheAnalyzer
join:2006-01-20
| reply to Phoenix2088
Great poll Phoenix2088 !
I only use Windows Defender.
TA
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quod erat demonstrandum |
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
Premium
join:2002-03-12 | reply to Phoenix2088
I voted other. I use Prevx Edge 3.0.
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Don't eat yellow snow. |
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Marsman1
join:2004-11-10
Canada
·Bell Sympatico
| reply to Phoenix2088
Phoenix2088, thanks for the poll.
Perhaps a bit of overkill however this is what I'm presently running on my rig 
BOClean
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Sandboxie
Spybot S&D
SpywareBlaster
SUPERAntiSpyware
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Rxdoxx
Premium,Mod
join:2000-11-03
Middle River, MD
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
Host:
Software
Washington & Balti..
| reply to Phoenix2088
SpyBot and Spyware blaster (the immunizations kept up to date for sure)
Have used Protowall on one system for ages but looks like they are out of funds »www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php which is sad, they had a very nice Blocklist Manager program
Also use »www.funkytoad.com/ Hosts Expert and Zoned Out
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Was a Cruise Fanatic, one cruise on Princess cured me. Bleah |
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nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Phoenix2088
I checked "none".
Browse as a limited user. Use common sense. Don't allow "xxx toolbar" to be auto-installed. When installing software, select "custom", and uncheck anything you don't need.
With good practices, you should not need anti-spyware.
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.5 |
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MagMan
Life is simpler when you tell the truth.
Premium
join:2003-10-01
Westlake, OH | reply to Phoenix2088
I use, Spybot S&D, CA Anti Spyware, WD, SpywareBlaster, and A-Squared 3.
And they all play nice. |
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dp
Go Steelers
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA | reply to Phoenix2088
Nice poll and thanks
SpywareBlaster
Windows Defender
SpyBot S&D
SuperAntiSpyware Pro
BOClean |
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Buddel
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU | reply to Phoenix2088
Thanks for the great poll.
I use
SUPER Anti Spyware Professional
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
BOClean
SpywareBlaster
and other (Avira Security Suite) |
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
Premium
join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC | reply to Phoenix2088
Thanks for the poll Phoenix. I use:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Windows Defender
SpywareBlaster
SUPERAntiSpyware |
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suprleg
Abracadabra
Premium
join:2004-05-06
Garden Grove, CA
clubs: |  reply to Phoenix2088
Great looking poll, Phoenix2088, thanks!
I voted:Ad-Aware AE 8, Spybot S&D, Windows Defender, and MBAM, which as many here, I use in a layered protection scenario. |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31 | reply to Phoenix2088
Spyware Blaster
MVPS Hosts
Sypbot S & D |
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RJST
Premium
join:2003-04-13
Canada | reply to Phoenix2088
I use Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster and SUPERAntiSpyware. |
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DownTheShore
Maddie Knows Poopie
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
clubs:
| reply to Phoenix2088
Running resident: SuperAntiSpyware Pro, Mamutu, Spyware Blaster, WinPatrol
Manual Scans: Malwarebytes, A-Squared, Spybot, Windows Defender
Browsers:
IE7: Ad Blocker enabled in IE7Pro, LinkScanner Lite, WOT
FF: NoScript and Ad Block enabled, McAfee Site Advisor, LinkScanner Lite
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Patriotism is not waving a flag, it is living the ideals |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | reply to Phoenix2088
Nice poll Phoenix2088 !
I use Spybot S & D, SpywareBlaster, and Threatfire. |
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