Re: Spyware prevention

"Phil Weldon" <notdiscosed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:F80Jg.11693$Qf.2666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

'Maxine' wrote:
| The latest issue of Consumer Reports rates F-Secure and Webroot's Spy
| Sweeper as the two best for spyware protection.
|
| I'm about to get a new computer and want to prevent spyware from the
| very beginning. I've always just used Spybot and the free version of
| Ad-Aware. But I'm willing to spend some money if it's worthwhile.
|
| Opinions?
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#1. 'Consumer Reports' has yet to get its ratings for computer
related items exactly right.
#2. 'Spybot Search & Destroy' and LavaSoft 'Ad-Aware SE Personal' are
widely used and praised.
#3. 'Super Anti-Spyware' is very good, and like LavaSoft 'Ad-Aware'
comes in a free and a fee version.

At present, there is no 'one application does it all', so pick your
antivirus program based on how well it handles viruses, and supplement
that program with several others like those listed above to boost
protection against other types of malware.

I thought I'd reply to your post here since replies to your post in
'alt.comp.virus' have swerved off into a discussion of 'rogue
anti-malware' and the reply in this one swerved into net-nannyism.

Phil Weldon

Thanks, Phil. The reason I re-posted here was because of the digression in
the other group. I've been pretty happy with NOD32 for virus protection,
and yes, I'm looking for the right supplemental programs. What do you think
about Spy Sweeper compared with Spybot and/or Ad-Aware.

-Maxine
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