Reply With Quote[quote=incisor]they do different things and can not really be compared, neither does what the other does.[/quote]
YES ! ...........and?
SysAdmin (Owner)
they do different things and can not really be compared, neither does what the other does.Originally Posted by harro
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
ChatterBox
[quote=incisor]they do different things and can not really be compared, neither does what the other does.[/quote]
YES ! ...........and?
Wizard
SubscriberThis may be true but I believe the query was "Removing Spyware etc"
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SysAdmin (Owner)
in my shop i make way more money from nortons, mcafee, pccillin, nod32 and avast than i do from any other source, they ought to be had for false advertising IMHO, magazine fodder...
as for firewalls... stateful firewalls are not only next to useless in the hands of people with little knowledge of how to drive them (read most people), they usually end up causing more trouble than they are worth.
if you download mp3 and run things like limewire, edonkey etc etc then you should be using something like "peer guardian" and running whatever antivirus you are running over your incoming directory before previewing or using the files you have downloaded.
my freeware guide changes as new things come and go. it is currently
avg free - antivirus with email protection
ewido free - anti trojanware
spybot - immunising and setting locking anti trojanware
peer guardian - firewall with protection lists
firefox - browser
IE View - firefox extension to call up ie when needed
thunderbird - email
spambayes - spam (works with outlook and outlookexpress as well)
limewire - file sharing
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
SysAdmin (Owner)
and they both remove spyware in different ways, spybot being a whole system scan approach and adaware being a fixed target list scan. neither is designed to do it all and are much more effective if used in tandem. spybot misses hundreds of things adaware specifically targets, and viceversa
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
Master
Well I just loaded Mozilla, Crap Cleaner and Avast. Avast located 28 viruses (mostly win32 trojan) on my computer and deleted them. So thanks for the help, I'm glad I asked! I must point out that my 3 adult kids also use my 'puter' when they want. I guess it is an understatement to say a regular check is most important!
ForumSage
avg free - antivirus with email protection
ewido free - anti trojanware
spybot - immunising and setting locking anti trojanware
peer guardian - firewall with protection lists
firefox - browser
IE View - firefox extension to call up ie when needed
thunderbird - email
spambayes - spam (works with outlook and outlookexpress as well)
limewire - file sharing
Hey Inc,
I'm with you on 8 out of 9... I don't use lime wire
I used to like Vet for A/V... but even that seems to have gone to puss...
Djam1... you'll find there are quite a few that "do this for a living" here....
Mark
Mark
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most
2015 TDV6 D4.... the latest project... Llams, Traxide, Icom 455, Tuffant Kimberleys and Mofos.... so far.
2012 SDV6 SE D4 with some stuff... gone...
2003 D2a TD5...gone...
2000 D2 V8...gone...
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ChatterBox
I use vet anit-virus, firewall, ant-spam and pest patrol; all made by Computer Associates.
They have worked fine for me.
The MOD Father
go firefox,,
go spybot,,
go CCleaner,,
go KERIO firewall,,
go COMMAND antivirus,, yes you must actually PAY for it-- but it WORKS!!
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Wizard
I agree with Incisors list except for the limewire (which I know nothing about).
The key to safety when on the internet is "layered protection" - that means you run one good firewall, one good antivrus program, a range of good anti-spyware/malware programs and you supplement them with occasional online anti-virus and trojan scans. All of these things can be had for free (legal for home use).
How do you find out what is a "good"? Get opinions from people who actually work in the anti-malware industry - recommendations, tutorials and personal assistance can be found at the top anti-malware site www.bleepingcomputer.com Look under "freeware replacements for commercial applications" for recommended anti-spyware.
Removal of malware is often more difficult than preventing infection and sometimes you can't do it without expert help. Bleeping Computer also provides that help for free.
(BTW I have no commercial interest in the site - I used to be one of the volunteer advisors there till my priorities changed.)
Last edited by DiscoDave; 7th August 2006 at 01:40 PM.
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