AdAware and Spybot

[Mitch Hatfield]

In another forum which I frequent, some concerns have recently been expressed regarding the prolonged and deafening silence coming out of Lavasoft.

I must stress there is no hard evidence, just a shared feeling that all may not be well there? :confused:

Should there be any adverse developments relating to AdAware, PC Forum members might feel that this is an appropriate to review their anti-spyware strategies.

Spybot - which of course freeware - springs to mind, either used in conjunction with AdAware, or even as its replacement.

In that context, the very comprehensive review found here might be of interest:) :)

http://www.net-integration.net/downloads/spybot.html

[Reid]

I like Spybot except that its updates leave me confused (more than normal). I'm not sure which components to pick and frozen downloads have killed the program. Have you experienced that?

[Mitch Hatfield]

Hi there Reid

Yes and No!

Updates do seem confusing! Best advice I have seen/received is to delete the foreign language updates (by right-clicking on them) and then download all of the rest.

That's what I now do, anyway.

Due to lack of expertise, I also leave the registry items picked-up in the S&D scans well alone!

Frozen downloads I have NOT experienced, maybe because I'm on cable.......or maybe I just got lucky?

Hope this helps, otherwise please get back to me.:)

[Reid]

Spybot apparently had conflicts with my Mustek "watch.exe" twain loader. Spybot became non-responding when updating and XP could not end it. When I tried to shut down, "watch" was also not responding. I disabled "watch" in MSCONFIG and can update Spybot after a reboot.

[Paul Komski]

Thanks for the SpyBot link. Downloaded it and REALLY like it.:p

[Mitch Hatfield]

Evening Paul,

At last my friend from the Emerald Isle, I'VE been able to help YOU with something.

Yes, I realise how much work you put in very late at night, helping me and others.

At least, this time, it's not all one way traffic!!:) :)

[Paul Komski]

He He :D I ought really to get "more of a life" but the weather has been so rotten this year that it is much cosier being beside the pc and not out in the elements.

[Mitch Hatfield]

Hi Paul,

Yep, copy that!

Time for bed, Paul - not much happening tonight on the Forums!

I'm off elsewhere:)

[rahulkothari]

hey Mitch, thx for the link. SpyBot is great. I run Adaware few days ago and yesterday i gave SpyBot a try. I thought it wouldnt find many 'spies', but was surprised as it found quite a few, and i didnt install any such apps in between(i.e. days between Adaware and SpyBot)

So, definitely, SpyBot is much better than Adaware.