What is the Best Anti-Spyware Program?
November 2006, by High Tech Handyman
In my opinion, there is no single best
anti-spyware program and you
need 2 or 3 of them to run on a routine basis. There are many
combinations of anti-spyware products that work well together and
each computer expert has their own favorites. Here I'll tell you mine.
I don't recommend that
you spend a lot of money on anti-spyware
programs because
"free" versions exist that you can use and donate
to as you feel is fair. I recommend that you use these 3 and donate
to the ones that you feel helped you most.
The anti-spyware products below are
available FREE to download.
Used in combination with each other, these 3 products will keep
your system clean of spyware and adware.
Spybot
(website)
Spybot used to be the best, but
has now become less effective in
detecting all spyware. However, it scans quickly and occasionally
detects and removes items that the other scanners cannot. Spybot
also has the IMMUNIZE feature that the other two products below
do not have. Read more about IMMUNIZE.
SuperAntiSpyware
(website)
SuperAntiSpyware (SAS), is a relatively new product that often
finds things that both Spybot and AdAware do not. As of November
2006 I recommend performing your routine (weekly) spyware scans
using SAS and Spybot.
AdAware
(website)
AdAware seems to find more than Spybot, but recently it has not
been as effective as SuperAntiSpyware. AdAware does not have an
IMMUNIZE feature like Spybot does.
Happy & Safe Computing!
Any questions?
---pete---
HIGH TECH HANDYMAN
609-291-1119