'Best of Breed' Spyware apps

[NEPATEC]

Hi all!

I'm looking to solicit some input as to which Spyware cleaners work best, which ones should be avoided entirely, and what the pros & cons are to putting this stuff on your machine. I have read that some Spyware cleaners are, in fact, Spyware themselves. I was hoping to benefit from the collective of intellectual horsepower on this site, so feel free to give your input on this topic.

Thanks!

Mike

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When your only tool is a hammer, all of your
problems start to look like nails

[freddy]

Hi all!

I'm looking to solicit some input as to which Spyware cleaners work best, which ones should be avoided entirely, and what the pros & cons are to putting this stuff on your machine. I have read that some Spyware cleaners are, in fact, Spyware themselves. I was hoping to benefit from the collective of intellectual horsepower on this site, so feel free to give your input on this topic.

Thanks!

Mike

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When your only tool is a hammer, all of your
problems start to look like nails

see http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=57348 ,,,more or less answers your question

[InTheWayBoy]

Spybot, AdAware, CWShredder, HijackThis, SpywareBlaster, and SpySweeper...best thing is all are free except the last one!

[Reddragon]

http://www.itcompany.com/spystop.htm

[Platypus]

Reddragon's post does resurrect a year old topic, but still a current one, unfortunately.

It's worth mentioning that Spystopper is a legitimate clone of SpyBlocker. The two offer a different balance of features and value, SpyBlocker may be helpful to some folk in having a dedicated support forum:

http://spyblocker-software.com/IPB/i...hp?showforum=2

Anyone considering trying anti-spyware packages would be well served to check out SpywareWarrior's rogue anti-spyware list.

[Ferrit]

Another new one I have used is counterspy. It isnt free but it is very very good and i used it for the 15 day trial then bought it because of howw well it works

[ADS_Tech]

Spybot, AdAware, CWShredder, HijackThis, SpywareBlaster, and SpySweeper...best thing is all are free except the last one!

and what about the MS Antispyware prog. It actually seems to work well ........

[garym]

Use a good hosts file to start with and you won't have to deal with cleaning all the junk from your machine. In over a year the worst thing I've had to remove is a tracking cookie.
A good hosts file works. The best out there is here.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Highly recommended.

[geeksRus]

X-Cleaner Free actually finds stuff that many others dont...it also cleans up temp files while it scans for spyware and trojans. limited in activated features (there is a paid version) but does find and remove spyware and malware. worth a shot, i use it.

[Reddragon]

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\. with Spyrenover,Spystopper,Spydoctor
at least you recieve replys to your questions,MyDoc type the c in run there will be a host file re name it host-back al problems are fixed every re boot renove the new Ik host file and leave the host-back,all cleared ,no more MyDoc problems for 5 years
I have used this product even with 2 broadband connections to the sane pc
and it always works the problem today is they all are trying to find malware

[ADS_Tech]

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\. with Spyrenover,Spystopper,Spydoctor
at least you recieve replys to your questions,MyDoc type the c in run there will be a host file re name it host-back al problems are fixed every re boot renove the new Ik host file and leave the host-back,all cleared ,no more MyDoc problems for 5 years
I have used this product even with 2 broadband connections to the sane pc
and it always works the problem today is they all are trying to find malware

Come again??

[geeksRus]

i thot you guys developed the language...what happened?

[Reddragon]

but my roller did cost me £60.Spyremover.Spystopper.Spydocter are still the best
but just forget about malware (broadband connections 1 router,1 isp adsl through
2 phone lines) I have spent 5 years watching the net crumble into a load of rubbish,
everwhere you visit even this forum you are checked by one advertising bug or another,i have a website it containd 3gb thats why i need the BEST
Logged Entry Sunday, May 8 2005 at 10:34:51 AM
Remote Port: 1276
Local Port: 80
Host: 127.0.0.1 (SpyStopper)
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[BLOCKED]

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Accept: */*
Referer: http://forums.windrivers.com/search.php?searchid=589564
Accept-Language: en-gb
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Host: mjxads.internet.com
Connection: Keep-Alive

[IT Len]

My .02...one thing you'll often notice is that no matter what tools you're using, it pays to run scheduled scans using two or more anti-spyware apps. consecutively.

Seems that in the rare cases when I find spyware [even firewalled and behind a router] one application may find it, the other won't.

I've actually run Lavasoft, spybot and the MS antispyware programs, and each found an entry that the others didn't. [even with updates current just prior to scanning.]

[Reddragon]

You are a honest man I have at long last come to the conclusion,cheap pc for the net and let it crash,get another ditto ditto cheaper and less time comsuming that
formating disks,beta testing products,at this moment in tine windiws are donwloading
files that are (I think) preparing us for IE 7 which is due out this year
It will be Nightmare on Web Street part 4