Re: Showdown: Spyware Search & Destroy SHAMED by Super Utilities for me today

guybannister58@xxxxxxx wrote:
Until a few minutes ago I used SS&D regularly for at leats a year or
so. Then, perhaps 20 minutes ago, I scanned my system with the spyware
detection and removal utility of the trial version of Super Utilties
(ver. 6.25) -- it found 49 instances of spyware! Before removing the 49
instances, however, I AGAIN ran my SS&D -- as usual, it detected that
my Windows Firewal was off as well as, on this occasion, an instance of
Casal Media spyware. Disturbingly (in contrast to what Super Utilities
had found, *that* was *ALL* it detected.

I realize SS&D is free (ironically, I almost sent in a small donation a
few days ago but was too lazy -- now I WON'T) and that my copy of SU
will expire in less than 2 weeks, but JAYSUS!: compared to the *49*
spywares found by SU versus SS&D's pathetic *1* I'd have to say that
SS&D (for me, anyway) although free is virtually WORTHLESS.

I'd like to hear from others who've used/continue to use SS&D -- have
you ever compared it to other spyware killers? Did you find it as
lacking as I did or do you feel confident, based one xperience, in
saying it's compretitive with other anti-spyware apps?

It takes a lot of R&D to make an effective security product. I don't
like to knock Spybot, as it has helped a lot of people and is developed
by people who do it for the good of the community, not for money, but
it's hard to see how it can keep up with the commercial products.

On the other hand, just because a product says that it finds problems,
it doesn't mean that they really exist. It's a common scam for a
software demo to say there are problems on a PC, and you have to buy
the full version to fix them. Take a look at the Rogue/Suspect
Anti-Spyware List at
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#products and you
will see that there are many products like that. SuperUtilities isn't
on that list, and I'm not saying it belongs thare, but I'd prefer to
believe a product that I trust.

I've tested Spy Sweeper (http://www.tech-pro.net/spy-sweeper.html) and
Spyware Doctor (http://www.tech-pro.net/spyware-doctor.html) and they
are among the best, as proved by many magazine reviews.

The PC Guru: ww.the-pc-guru.com

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