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CO_Chris Premium join:2001-08-28 Broomfield, CO	Re: Spbot is fine for me. I Use Ad-aware and it works great . If there is better i would try it to
	permalink · 2004-01-19 09:25:57 ·

Doubledee32 join:2002-06-20 Charlotte, NC	Re: Spbot is fine for me. SpySweeper works great!!
	permalink · 2004-01-19 09:28:38 ·

Cod join:2000-07-05 Greensboro, NC	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.
	permalink · 2004-01-19 09:32:06 ·

tdkyo join:2002-12-07 Rochester, NY	Re: Spbot is fine for me. Heck, both of them do a good job. What I do is run ad-aware first then spybot to double check.
	permalink · 2004-01-19 09:50:26 ·

Piobaireachd Happy Halloween Premium join:2000-09-21 Port Orchard, WA	Re: Spbot is fine for me. 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. -- "Re-elect Bush/Cheney, November 2004." - obodhisattva
	permalink · 2004-01-19 17:00:16 ·

cork1958 Cork join:2000-02-26 Fruitport, MI	Ditto for me. Plus Spywareblaster for preventive measures.
	permalink · 2004-01-20 00:00:18 ·

Unregistered user @cofs.net	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.
	permalink · 2004-01-19 10:57:22 ·

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said by Cod :
...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.

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jsouth Jsouth join:2000-12-12 Wichita, KS	Re: Spbot is fine for me. 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.
	permalink · 2004-01-19 13:05:57 ·

fixrman join:2003-02-10 Hatboro, PA	AdAware is updateable as well.
	permalink · 2004-01-23 19:01:12 ·

Omega Displaced Ohioan Premium join:2002-07-30 Cheyenne, WY clubs:	I also use ad-aware, it works fine.
	permalink · 2004-01-19 14:20:55 ·

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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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permalink · 2004-01-19 17:38:35 · Print ·

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