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Hello, i am seeking some anti spyware programs to install on my PC since it's the last thing i need due that i already posss anti virus and anti malware programs along with a firewall so i think i should get one to patch the last big security hole i have.
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ESET-NOD32
The best antivirus available. Constantly been updated. Uses little computer resources and does a very thorough scan.Kaspersky
Can't say much about it since I've never used it. Still, seems pretty good.
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both mean replacing my current AV, Avast!
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Both are better than Avast!
That been said, Avast! is pretty good. If you were using Norton or McAfee, I would tell you to get a new AV ASAP. But Avast! is usually pretty good.
If you're worried there's malware on your PC, just run MalwareBytes.
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I am not worried about malware, but of spyware, i'd rather have my PC secure on all flanks, avast unless it's the premium combo wont scan for anti spyware, i usually scan once a month my laptop and my desktop PC to make sure there is no malware in or viruses
necr0 · #2ESET-NOD32
The best antivirus available. Constantly been updated. Uses little computer resources and does a very thorough scan.Kaspersky
Can't say much about it since I've never used it. Still, seems pretty good.
Both those are Anti-Virus programs :P
Malware, viruses and spyware are three totally different things albeit they all do horrid things on your computer.
The best (and as far as I can say, currently the only one) anti-malware program is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Good anti Spyware programs are Super AntiSpyware and/or Spybot Search and Destroy.
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i am running that, the free version, not the premium one, since i hate what licenses do (long story short, Vista got on one points refusing to acknowledge my License, my original license that came with my Laptop, i think it was stolen so i went and upped to 7)
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Search and Destroy is that the program that has a green detective with a magnfying glass? if it's that, eh i think i'll pass, last time i installed the program it made a disaster, for some reason it auto setted onto paranoid mode and wouldnt even let me connect, it blocked everything including itself.
super AS eh, i'll give it a go on my desktop PC, tomorrow (less valuable info there)
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Spybot S&D:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
spyware is a specific form of malware
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so why stuff liek malwarebytes doesnt covers spyware but only malware? if it's a specific malware type it makes sense for me it should be covered
malwarebytes does cover spyware.
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really? odd that the webpage only mentions malware and does not adds in said branch of harmfull software
Maybe because Spyware is Malware? When you go to a supermarket they don't say "We sell fruits, vegetables, and apples". It's redundant.
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Stanley Richards · #13Maybe because Spyware is Malware? When you go to a supermarket they don't say "We sell fruits, vegetables, and apples". It's redundant.
yeah but the thing is that for some reason spyware is treated as something that is 100% different from malware, you could say it simply bugs me, and the supermarkets do have sections labelled for that ::)
