Vista - Spyware Issue

Hello All;

Can someone recommend a good spyware program for Vista 64? I've tried PCTOOLS Spy Doctor. It ran and found spyware and removed it, however when I turned the computer on next it had boot errors. I ended up having to work with HP(very good help) and reload Vista from scratch. I hadn't backed up yet, but there was nothing to lose as the computer was one day old, just lost time.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Bostonwolf.....

'Spybot S&D'' ....used it for years, excellent app





SK

im assuming it was pctools that screwed up your OS , what firewall/antivirus do you have? are you running windows defender?

Thanks Skunk for the info and Archie: I'm using defender with Norton anti-virus.

then to be honest id be happy with that , less is more

defender is a malware blocker/detector and norton has one too , you have 2 there already

Another one that I use is SpywareBlaster, that isn't a scanner as such but stops the baddies putting bits in the register.

I've used it for several years in each new OS I've had

The MVPS website Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites recommends not to install Spywareblaster on vista.

Also see this thread.

---thank you for the above info---(good thing that I actually read all of these posts even if I cannot help - but I learn from them!)---

peace

You're very welcome, kikidee .

My thanks to all who gave me help. I went with the spybot and it seems to be working fine. It killed so many spyware issues it wasn't even funny.