fixrman
join:2003-02-10
Hatboro, PA | reply to Cod
Re: Spbot is fine for me.
AdAware is updateable as well. |
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speedy21
join:2003-12-24 | reply to Sid
Actually, I use Ad Aware Pro, Spybot, & Spy Sweeper. I run Ad Aware first, spybot second, & then Spysweeper. One program catches what the other program doesn't catch. |
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SoCal99
join:2004-01-22
| reply to Too lazy to register
Re: Support is the real issue
I appear to be like a lot people and I use Ad-aware, Spy-bot and Spyware Blaster, with Popup Cop and all 3 of my computers have ZERO pops or other nasty-ware.
But I agree with lilhurricane... What is more important is which product do you support financially! Because some of the best programs like Spybot and Spyware Blaster are worth their weight in gold.
I supported both products because they changed the way I surf internet (being that 90% of all internet ads are from your own hard drive). And Popup cop and Ad-aware keep new ones from coming.
And both Spybot and Spyware Blaster offer free updates to keep them current. I am not affiliated with either company but I know that it takes time and resources to keep them both bug free and current.
So supporting these companies helps so they can afford to keep beating those sneaky, never-sleeping, bad guys. |
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fmr dsl tech
@midco.net | reply to Sid
Re: Spbot is fine for me.
i use spybot 1.3 and adaware 6 and spy sweeper, as well as viruscan 8 which scans for spyware and virus and also use zonealarm 4.5 pro on my windows xp system this works good for me. |
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crashnburn
join:2000-12-13
Bay Area | reply to histeve
Why did Adaware only want you to pay and not the rest of us? Been using it free all this time! |
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histeve
join:2004-01-18
Honolulu, HI | reply to Nanoprobe
Adware has change since they first started. I know I was one of the first, Now they want me to pay more money under some knew speculating capitalist! Try some other spy removal. Boycott Adware. |
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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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Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
Premium
join:2003-07-31
Wilmington, DE
clubs: 
 ·Juno Express
| reply to CO_Chris
ad-aware is good but the only draw back i found was that on certain adware it didnt remove all the spyware witch removed access from the internet. i backup what i removed and reinstalled it and i was back up. found spybot and ran it worked like a charm. spybot isn't perfect by all means but no program is but spy bot is damn close. i run both on my comp still adware 6 plus and spybot 1.3 beta 4 ( witch kicks ass )
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down with RIAA
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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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Jaysin21NC
join:2003-01-18
Rutherfordton, NC | reply to Sid
Hey every1
I use AdAwarePro and Spybot in combo... it works great and usually find things each lack... they are a good team.
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edbo245
Premium
join:2003-03-22
Wickliffe, OH
clubs: | reply to Sid
I use both Adaware and Spybot. They are both pretty good but Spybot just better since you have the ability to block things from ever getting on you pc. Plus Spybot seems to find more stuff anyway. |
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crashnburn
join:2000-12-13
Bay Area
| reply to Sid
spybot alone is suck. I had experienced first hand with a number of systems at work. I ran spybot first and it does it it supposed to do. However, there are a fw that it failed to detect and remove so I ran adaware as well and it completely remove every spyware on the system. Bottom line, spybot is good but not good enough. Run both to be safe. |
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Omega
Displaced Ohioan
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
clubs: | reply to CO_Chris
I also use ad-aware, it works fine. |
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Bill Clo
join:2002-01-15
Lewisberry, PA
| reply to NightLinks
I second that. I use AdAware first, and then SpybotKiller. Spybotkiller frequently finds stuff that Adaware didn't.
It even found some Gator related stuff that Adaware didn't, which is strange because Adaware usually does a good job of rooting out Gator...
Just installed the SpywareBlaster. Thanks guys, for the ideas. |
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LaurieDB
Does it really matter?
Premium
join:2003-05-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to NightLinks
I agree about using both. I use both and I never have any problems. I also am using SpywareBlaster. In the past 2 years, the only spyware with which I've had to contend was the lop.com hijacker, but Ad-Aware killed it. I'm very careful now to update definitions at least weekly now on all three products. |
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jsouth
Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS
| reply to Hall
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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Sid
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Santa Maria, CA
| reply to jdir
said by jdir :
Where I can I download Spbot?
Download it here: »www.safer-networking.org/
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | reply to Sid
Where I can I download Spbot? |
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ghostpainter
I Write for the Apocalypse
Premium,MVM
join:2002-05-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
clubs:
| reply to lilhurricane
said by lilhurricane :
said by NightLinks :
I use SPYBOT & ADWARE they both work good for me.
Same here...both.
I use adaware, but I also have a NAT firewall and sygate, running on all PC's, and then I use DSL broadband security checks and pcaudit to make sure I am suecure...With this setup I have reduced my miner and data tracks hits to maybe 20 a week and registry hits to zero (fingers crossed) Then Norton watches for virus's....I feel secure but am I??? |
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Nanoprobe
Crunching in subspace
Premium
join:2003-05-11
Crab Nebula
clubs: | reply to lilhurricane
Same here,spybot& adaware with spywareguard also to help prevent that crap from installing in the first place. |
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