Is adaware a lot better than Spybot?

[Ferocious]

I've used both and will continue to do so.

But with both updated.....I ran Spybot and it found nothing. Then I ran adaware and it found 18 items.

What's up with that?

 

[Sid59]

they find different things. alway use both.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Sid59
they find different things. alway use both.

ditto

 

[Socio]

Originally posted by: Sid59
they find different things. alway use both.

Same here

 

[Namuna]

I'm a triple safety man myself...

Ad-Aware
Spybot
Bazooka

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Sid59 they find different things. alway use both.

ditto

Agreed.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

neither is better than the other, but they're unbeatable when used together

 

[Abhi]

However .. adaware has much more frequent updates...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Abhi

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Sid59 they find different things. alway use both.

ditto

Agreed.

I concur

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: Abhi

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Sid59 they find different things. alway use both.

ditto

Agreed.

I concur

 

[ParatoOptimal]

I've found that Spybot finds things that Adaware misses.
Spybot is light-speed compared to Adaware's trapsing through mud speed. Spybot is always free.

 

[mrbass]

Originally posted by: Ferocious
I've used both and will continue to do so.

But with both updated.....I ran Spybot and it found nothing. Then I ran adaware and it found 18 items.

What's up with that?

Lemme guess it found everything that SpyBot quarantined as it clearly warns will happen if you install SpyBot with Adaware installed. I prefer spybot much more than adaware in my experiences. Too bad adaware isn't free anymore like spybot (at work that is).

 

[ronnn]

I find that ad-aware searches through all users (in documents and settings) and spybot searches just the registry and my files. So ad aware finds more stuff. I use both.

 

[Rottie]

I always use both of them no matter what they hit or miss....

 

[Hadsus]

I've only used ad-aware.....been hesitant to try Spybot. Doesn't Spybot require some discretion from the user? That is, is it possible to delete something that Spybot has flagged that is actually needed by your system?????

 

[Mem]

But with both updated.....I ran Spybot and it found nothing. Then I ran adaware and it found 18 items.

What's up with that?

My guess it`s because Ad-aware is updated more often then Spybot,I actually prefer to use Ad-aware,Spybot and SpywareBlaster for triple protection.

 

[parsley007]

Originally posted by: Socio

Originally posted by: Sid59
they find different things. alway use both.

Same here

yeah, they're very effective...and you can't forget cwshredder when you have browser hijacks..