Vista - Spybot etc

I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?

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jel183(UK)
Vista Ultimate x86

I would never trust just one line of defense.

Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware both work under Vista and I have them
both installed for on-demand scanning.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"jel183(UK)" <nospam@myhome.com> wrote in message
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>I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
>install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?
>
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> jel183(UK)
> Vista Ultimate x86

"jel183(UK)" <nospam@myhome.com> wrote in message
news:F1480723-C8DD-4EEF-930D-3331318E3D6B@microsoft.com...
>I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
>install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?
>
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> jel183(UK)
> Vista Ultimate x86
I run SpyBot and Lavasofts Ad Ware SE;I can scan with Defender ,then scan
with AdWare,"always find several criticals".
Luck

"jel183(UK)" wrote

>I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
>install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?

Add me to the others. I use both Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware. I haven't tried
SpywareBlaster on Vista yet. With non viral malware, though Vista makes it
harder for it to get a toe hold, still no single program catches everything.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "jel183(UK)" wrote
>
>>I understand Vista comes with Windows Defender... is it still advisable to
>>install: Spybot S&D, Spywareblaster & run Ad-Aware?
>
> Add me to the others. I use both Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware. I haven't
> tried SpywareBlaster on Vista yet. With non viral malware, though Vista
> makes it harder for it to get a toe hold, still no single program catches
> everything.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Richard Urban" wrote

> Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!

<snip>

Thanks Richard, I've just bee lazy in not installing it. It's nice and
innocuous.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Agreed. The only resource it uses is when you update the signatures. After
that it sits there dumb and blind.

The only thing I have verified in Vista is that SpywareBlaster does, in
fact, add the nasty sites to the restricted zone in IE7. All seems good.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Richard Urban" wrote
>
>> Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks Richard, I've just bee lazy in not installing it. It's nice and
> innocuous.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u8%23IzBaRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Agreed. The only resource it uses is when you update the signatures. After
> that it sits there dumb and blind.
>
> The only thing I have verified in Vista is that SpywareBlaster does, in
> fact, add the nasty sites to the restricted zone in IE7. All seems good.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ef8nuKZRHHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> "Richard Urban" wrote
>>
>>> Spyware Blaster works just fine Rock!
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks Richard, I've just bee lazy in not installing it. It's nice and
>> innocuous.
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>

Thanks for your reply - I shall be installing all three today.
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jel183(UK)

Vista Ultimate x86