Vista - Additonal spyware needed in Vista?

Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second AntiSpyware/popup
program was overkill.

I would not bother running another Resident Program however I would
download SpyBot and Adaware and scan on a regular basis. Adaware
2007 is not Vista Compatible (at least it wasn't) and you might need
to get Adaware SE.

"mikeS" <logintwo@desktoptwo.com> wrote in message
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> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
> Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
> program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.

Defender is not a virus protector. Yes you need a very good virus protector
and firewall.

--
Ian

"mikeS" <logintwo@desktoptwo.com> wrote in message
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> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
> Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
> program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.
>

No but you may find clashes and if you do simply delete the program.

--
Ian

"mikeS" <logintwo@desktoptwo.com> wrote in message
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> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
> Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
> program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.
>

"mikeS" <logintwo@desktoptwo.com> wrote in message
news:usKGouOyHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
> Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
> program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.


No you don't want any additional spyware running ( sorry couldn't resist
;-) )

--
Jon

Heh, Heh. Good one. mike

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> "mikeS" <logintwo@desktoptwo.com> wrote in message
> news:usKGouOyHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the MS
>> Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an antivirus
>> program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
>> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.
>
>
> No you don't want any additional spyware running ( sorry couldn't resist
> ;-) )
>
> --
> Jon
>
>

mikeS wrote:

> Is it necessary to have a spyware program running in addition to the
> MS Defender and other built ins with Vista Business? I have an
> antivirus program which I know is needed. But wondered if a second
> AntiSpyware/popup program was overkill.


There are no other built-ins. Unless you've installed other anti-spyware
programs, Defender is all you have.

Yes, it's necessary to have other anti-spyware (not spyware) programs
besides Defender. Neither Defender, not any other single program is good
enough. It's important to note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive
testing on Anti-Spyware products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing
anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the
"critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Just FYI... dont't install "Trend Micro AntiSpyware"
it's not ready to run on Vista yet. Apparently you can run "Trend Micro AntiViral and AntiSpyware" but NOT the Spyware as a stand alone program - it crahsed my Vista.

Sandy