Antispyware software, does it really work?

[Rhonda85]

I am running three different types of antispyware. Spybot, adaware and m$ antispyware. I run m$ antispyware and it cleans up any rouge problems, then I run spybot and it finds more rouge junk and cleans them, then finally I run adaware and now it finds rouge problems and cleans them. Why cannot one program do it right. Who knows how much crap none of the programs even notice!

 

[BlueWeasel]

I've found the combination of Firefox, Spybot, Ad-aware, and SpywareBlaster work great for me (I always keep the Spybot immunization and SpywareBlaster databases up to date). I don't remember the last time I was infected with anything.

I think the best defense against spyware is browsing habits and being aware of the programs you are running. If you have IE unprotected, going to shady sites, and have P2P running, then spyware is gonna happen.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

That's alot of spyware. Maybe you've got something that the other 3 programs aren't catching and so you keep getting reinfected. Try HijackThis and maybe one of those rootkit detection programs.

 

[BladeVenom]

Or maybe you're having the same problem I did when I tried using two anti-virus programs. One finds it, then the other finds it in the first ones quarantine folder, then the first one finds it again, etc. They just keep playing ping pong with it, until you empty the folders.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
I've found the combination of Firefox, Spybot, Ad-aware, and SpywareBlaster work great for me (I always keep the Spybot immunization and SpywareBlaster databases up to date). I don't remember the last time I was infected with anything.

I think the best defense against spyware is browsing habits and being aware of the programs you are running. If you have IE unprotected, going to shady sites, and have P2P running, then spyware is gonna happen.

I'm using the exact same programs.