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| | Antispyware I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, but they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good as these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware I use Ad-Aware 2007 (free) with Vista with apparently no problem. I also use Spybot S&D but have disabled the Resident protection as I considered it might cause some conflict with both the security included with Vista and also Avast! which I also use. MickK "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:esisU3nWIHA.5596@xxxxxx Quote: > I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had > another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally > comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, > but they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good > as these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had >another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally >comprehensive job. programs in general: None of them have a sufficient detection rate. Experts therefore recommend you scan with multiple anti spywares, hoping that one will catch what the other(-s) do not. I assume you also use Windows Defender, so theoretically you should be well covered. Quote: > I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, but they it is not > yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good as these two and > are compatible with Win.Vista? course the ones that come with security suites like Norton, McAfee, Eset and F-Secure. In addition you can run an online scanner like Kaspersky or HouseCall every now and then, just keep in mind that these are also advertising tools, and may portray things a bit dramatic in order to make you purchase a suite. Charlie42 |
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| | Re: Antispyware Hi, Thank you for the reply. There may not be any problem using 2007 ver. of Ad-Aware on Win. Vista, but is it doing the job it should be? Ad-Aware will not confirm that 2007 is suitable for Win. Vista. I asked them at least three times. Try yourself. "MickK" <mick_keetley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:38CF542D-9CAC-4C95-AC55-0CD7AC82246A@xxxxxx Quote: >I use Ad-Aware 2007 (free) with Vista with apparently no problem. > I also use Spybot S&D but have disabled the Resident protection as I > considered it might cause some conflict with both the security included > with Vista and also Avast! which I also use. > > MickK > > "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:esisU3nWIHA.5596@xxxxxx Quote: >> I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had >> another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally >> comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, >> but they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as >> good as these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware Go here.... pick one off top three.... end of story. TopTenReviews.Com - Antispyware http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews.com/ Vista Ready. "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:esisU3nWIHA.5596@xxxxxx I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, but they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good as these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware A "must see".... December 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943302 "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:esisU3nWIHA.5596@xxxxxx I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, but they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good as these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware Superantispyware happens to be one of the best antispyware around and you should purchase it so it runs in real time. Another good one that you can get free or purchase is AVG free antispyware Adaware 2007 is very funky in Vista and in XP I was using it and found it had so many problems on both operatiing systems that i removed it Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5 runs fine in vista too but I would take off tea timer when installing it. robin "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:esisU3nWIHA.5596@xxxxxx Quote: >I am currently using SuperAntiSpyware, but I would be happier if I had >another one, since I am advised one will not always do a totally >comprehensive job. I used to also have Ad Aware, when I was on Win. XP, but >they it is not yet compatible with Win. Vista. What others are as good as >these two and are compatible with Win.Vista? |
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| | Re: Antispyware "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#m67yspWIHA.1188@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, Thank you for the reply. There may not be any problem using 2007 ver. > of Ad-Aware on Win. Vista, but is it doing the job it should be? Ad-Aware > will not confirm that 2007 is suitable for Win. Vista. I asked them at > least three times. Try yourself. machines and I recommend Spyware Doctor which can be used "On Demand". I like SD because the "Intelli-scan" (short scan) is very fast which is important when I'm working and also because it does a good job of finding and removing malware. I can't recommend Adaware 2007. In my experience it's detection capability is very poor. |
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| | Re: Antispyware On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:59:55 -0000, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Hi, Thank you for the reply. There may not be any problem using 2007 ver. of > Ad-Aware on Win. Vista, but is it doing the job it should be? Ad-Aware will > not confirm that 2007 is suitable for Win. Vista. I asked them at least > three times. Try yourself. If you will go to http://www.lavasoft.com/ and look at the picture of the Adaware box in the upper left-hand corner of the page, you will note that it says there "Windows Vista Compatible." I can confirm that it works fine in Windows Vista. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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| | Re: Antispyware Ad-aware has gotten progressively bloated, and now they've added the "Ask toolbar." http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2...dark-side.html I no longer use it nor recommend it. Quote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:59:55 -0000, "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Hi, Thank you for the reply. There may not be any problem using 2007 ver. of >> Ad-Aware on Win. Vista, but is it doing the job it should be? Ad-Aware will >> not confirm that 2007 is suitable for Win. Vista. I asked them at least >> three times. Try yourself. |
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