Free AVG Anti-Spyware

colin79666

alanclose wrote:

I would recommend you use more than just spybot, I use it in conjunction with Adaware and now the AVG product, they all find items that the others don't.

I never find any spyware on my PC (other than the odd tracking cookie) simply because I'm careful what I install and download. My main browser (firefox) is set to delete all but a few cookies when it closes.
In my 6 years of having a PC at home I have never had a virus or major piece of spyware :cool:
Prevention (as in not downloading/installing crap) is better than the cure (try to remove it later).

While I'm in no doubt that spybot will miss the odd thing (on some people's infested computers) it is sufficient for my needs because I never install/download from untrusted sources.

I'm studying computing at uni btw.

alanclose

I was speaking from 13 years experience as an IT manager, I have visited projects where I have run three or four programs each finding stuff the other didn't and still had to remove certain bits of malware manually. You are right though, prevention is far better than cure.

damski_2

for anti spyware there is now a prog called "Windows defender"

free download from "tucows" or similar, i am running it alongside avg, ad-aware and apybot and it found stuff that the rest had left behind

enjoyy

Adamski