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Spyware, viruses, & security : Why Does Everyone Love Spybot?
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by granpama - 5/18/05 8:14 AM In reply to: Replying to Why Does Everyone Love Spybot by carviescraftsI am a new newbie and quite ''computer illiterate'', but I did burn those 4 lessons to a CD. I would be happy to send you a duplicate if you can tell me how to do it. I have Microsoft XP, and 1 CD drawer in my computer. Is it possible? Of course, you can have the duplicate with my compliments.
Different Tools means different "stuff" going to be found
by aruban1 - 5/13/05 11:56 AM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51Spybot S&D is a great FREE little ap. Don't expect it to recognized every single cookie, spy/mal-ware on the net. The net would be wonderful if all the anti-spyware and adware creators would share their "definition" files but alas they do not. Do you think Norton, Trend Micro, and McAfee are going to share the same virus definitions? Ha! Just like anitvirus tools, they are all trying to be the top application on everybodies PC. I found Spybot S&D and Lava Soft Ad-aware and X-cleaner play well together and do the job. Recent addition of MS Anitspyware has proven iffy for me. I have ran it first or last and hasn't found stuff the other 3 did, but it was FREE.
Use Both Spybot & AdAware
by eomongeni - 5/13/05 12:12 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51I have been using both with great succuss. Spybot finds most, but not all as is with Ad Aware. Also use 2 antivirus programs, one alone usually misses something. I also update and scan daily.
Both is the way to go
by mrketchfish - 5/13/05 5:08 PM In reply to: Use Both Spybot & AdAware by eomongeniI run AdAware daily and Spybot S&D twice a week. Once a week I run AdAware, Spybot S&D and Spyware Doctor. No matter what order I run them in, I never have them come up completely empty. This works for me and I've got no problem with the resources being used, doesn't slow me down at all.
I also run Avast for a full scan once a week. On the first run, it caught stuff that Norton had missed and my performance increased perceptably immediately. I no longer run Norton, I let my subscription lapse and got if off my machine altogether.
It seems to me, (as others have stated), that the different programs catch different crapware. Since they're free, if having them doesn't slow your machine down, why not?
Why I love Spybot
by CHill1150 - 5/13/05 12:52 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51The biggest reason I love Spybot is because, of all of the FREE spyware programs, Spybot works best. I've tried sevral others, the next best of which was the FREE version of Spysweeper, and Spybot has outdone them all. The old adage "You get what you pay for" is not always true, but in the case of spyware, at least for the time being, it does apply. If you want to have a program that REALLY does the job, you'll have to pay for one. On that note, the PAID version of Spybot does NOT measure up. For information on the best Spyware for the money, read PC Pwold's April article at http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,119572,00.asp then judge for yourself.
Yes, Why Does Everyone Love Spybot?
by Sue Geek - 5/13/05 1:34 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51At first, I was a true beliver in Spybot. What's not to like? It's free, it seemed to do the job.....but now we're starting to get a few bugs with Spybot. After we installed Spyware Doctor on our system and tried to run it with Spybot and Ad-Aware, Spybot crashed every time we opened it. Now we've uninstalled it pending a resolution from Spybot's vendors on what the problem is and how to solve it.
Spybot is vastly overrated
by actingmark - 5/13/05 2:44 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51II, too, have no idea why Spybot (as well as Adaware) seem to be the darlings of so many reviewers and "experts." It has found nothing on my machine for two years that was not first caught by other apps (which also caught much that Spybot missed). It updates rarely and its definition files are miniscule compared to other similar programs. I know it's free but there are free versions of A-squared (with over 125,000 definitions--one of the largest in the industry) and Ewido (which is esepcially good at finding trogans). For my money, spend $20.00 and buy Counter Spy which along with a good free anti-virus program (I use AVG) and you will be protected against about 97% of the "bugs" out there. If you do want a little added protection, download Syware Blaster and SpyGuard from JavaCool. Both are also free and highly recommended.
No One
by netnut - 5/13/05 5:52 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51No One product I have used will take care of it all. I have been wrestling with Spyware for the past 2-3 years and have come to the conclusion that the current best approach is a combination of Hijack This, Spybot, AdAware and the relatively new MS AntiSpyware. They all do a good job at handling a certain piece of the Spyware pie and they are all free for personal use. The other piece to this pie is to install all of these on a newly built system. If the system has gotten to the point where IE windows just start opening by themselves, you might as well just save your data and reformat and rebuild.
...Peace...
(NT) Spybot Search & ANNOY
by grichardt - 5/13/05 6:54 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51I tried SpyBot and it seemed to find data miners pretty well. So I let it run in the background. Bad move! Every time I tried to run another program, I kept getting these annoying popups requesting permission for the program to perform some action. It got to be so bad that I almost junked SpyBot. Fortunately, Spybot does let you turn off most of the annoying options and as long as you keep it out of your start folder, I use Wheres James to manage my Start up, Spybot can be called periodically with out being a pain in the butt.
as best I know, the free one won't run in background
by Cadillac84 - 5/14/05 2:37 AM In reply to: (NT) Spybot Search & ANNOY by grichardtso if you just get the free one, you won't have a choice and it won't bother you because it won't be running.
(just a bit of light-hearted banter -- couldn't resist)
I agree about things like that running in background. I'll run it when I want it is my motto!
spybot won't work on my new computer
by Gillette - 5/14/05 7:04 AM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51Spybot worked fine on my old 450MHZ computer, but freezes on my new 3.0GHZ one. Any one know why?
Make Sure you Upgrade to Spybot version 1.3 - it's not auto.
by dborg - 5/14/05 9:50 AM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51This happened to me when I suddenly got hit with spyware when I had been experiencing no issues with spyware using spybot scans and immunize.
I had noticed that spybot hadn't been finding new updates for a while, but didn't think anything of it. Then, one day one of the kids hit a site that flooded us with spyware.
I had just loaded MS Spyware, and it's morning scan found a few hits that allerted me to what was going on. I let MS Spyware do it's cleanup, but have come to realise you need 2 or 3 different vendors to catch everything.
This time, Spybot kept finding nothing, and I ran Adaware SE, which found a few more. I found this strange, since SPYBOT is usually the king, getting 99% of spyware, with Adaware just cleaning up some other harmless cookies that Spybot usually ignores (unless you go to advanced mode.).
To make a short story longer, I found out that Spybot doesn't let you know when there is a new version, they just stop releasing new updates . I updated their newer version 1.3, updated to the latest signature files, and sure enough, spybot filled the screen with more threats. It cleaned them up and all was back to normal.
Even better is the beta v1.4, give it a try to.
For the Love of Spybot
by Doc_sean - 5/15/05 1:50 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51The Doc here;
I've had both Spybot and Ad-aware, both are great and yes you CAN HAVE BOTH installed on your comp at the same time with NO CONFLICKS. Just run one at a time.
Now both have good merits and why do I have both? Because when one doesn't find anything, the other one will. Depending on the spyware updates you get at that time.
Right now Ad-aware is number one in finding spyware, I imagine Spybot will be upgrading soon to bump Ad-aware down a few points.
But I still do the ole' search the cookies files and delete them all, and also the web temp folder to make sure thats cleaned out.
And if all else fails. I choose a long weekend and go down the reg; list and look for files that look funny and try to open them to see what they are using 'Belarc Advisor' program. And delete them if the Vendor is not who they claim.
spybot rules
by ragent - 5/15/05 5:13 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51hi why rave about spybot, spybot has to have its definitions updated regularly, before you use it and then you immunise the system, as a Computer tech I use this in conjunction with hijack this and cws shredder, and give you an example a pc came in loaded with all the superduper paid for popup stoppers and spyware detectors not mentioning names, but SPYBOT found 358 spyware items and removed 300 on first go the other 58 on reboot, sometimes you have to make sure restore system is off and sometimes go to safe mode, but for a bunch of guys doing this on donation only its a wonderfull easy to use tool, sure it might miss some but common sense finds the rest if any.
regards Ray
Spybot is my toothbrush
by gwlogue - 5/15/05 8:27 PM In reply to: Why Does Everyone Love Spybot? by bglover51I consider Spybot to be my systems toothbrush. If I haven't been to the dentist for several years, when I do show up I have lot's of cavities. The dentist spends lot's of time and effort to rid me of the cavities and then leaves me with a toothbrush and instructions to use it regularily to prevent reoccurances. Regular checkups catch the stuff that has been sneaking by my brushing routine.
I have been cleaning virus' and spyware from systems for over 5 years now and my routine for a spyware infestation is to install, update and run both Adaware and Spybot. Then run HJT, post the log and clean the system according to the instructions. Post a followup HJT log, clean any leftover pests then configure Spybot to run automatically at next system start, or a predefined time of day. (Recognize the dentist/toothbrush analogy here?)
The reason that Spybot and Adaware are run during this process is because they are the industry accepted standard for cleaning the obvious pests. They have seniority so to say. Anyone looking at an HJT log will demand that they be run as a minimum before they take on the labourious chore of analyzing the log.
Once you've got a clean system, enabling automatic scanning with Spybot ensures that you will not come running back for a new infestation every few weeks.
The fact that Spybot is not finding anything is a good thing. It means your system is clean and Spybot is doing it's job.
I do have other issues with Spybot's resource consumption but that is a topic for another thread.
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