Ad-aware vs Spybot S&D
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 03/01/2004 04:22 AM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ] · 5093 views
This review is meant to settle the score between Ad-aware and Spybot and determine which of the two can detect and remove spyware and adware effectively. 28 applications which are known to contain spyware or adware were installed on a virtual drive using VMWare Workstation.
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Chernobyl Posts: 57 Joined: 2003-05-03 |
#51635 Posted on: 03/01/2004 05:16 AM
I've been using both Adaware and Spybot for some time and am so thankful that two fantastic, free programs are available to help me keep my pc clean. Its a shame the writer of the article didnt express that between the two programs you have quite a formiddable set of utilities. Its great that he has published his findings, I've run the same tests many times and achieved pretty much the same results. I cannot however fault either of the programs as it is up to the authors what it is they concentrate on removing. I'm very glad they have both concentrated efforts in some different areas as this has effectively spread the workload for the teams so they can make what they 'have' done better. Many many thanks to the authors, writers and contributors to both products, you have made my online experience nice again  |
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FailedCRC Unregistered |
#51640 Posted on: 03/01/2004 10:02 AM
his conclusion should have been "each is not fully ineffective, use them both." |
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JC Unregistered |
#51644 Posted on: 03/01/2004 04:03 PM
the funny thing is that when you go to that site to read the review Spybot send an alert that the site is trying to "download" TARGETNET to your computer, which I will assume is some form os spyware !! |
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fleckx Unregistered |
#51646 Posted on: 03/01/2004 06:11 PM
Wow. Uhm, one thing to say. I think preference is being given to Ad-Aware... it's a corporate application... Spybot is free. However, through all of my time using them both together, I have come to the conclusion that they're both necessary. Spybot always catches things Ad-Aware doesn't, and vice versa. |
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TSThomas Unregistered Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-05-10 |
#51656 Posted on: 03/01/2004 08:03 PM
I wonder what Spybot version they used. The latest Beta release -> Version 1.3 Beta 6 I've found to detect a whole load more entries than ever. I run Ad-Aware & Spybot 1.2 almost daily, yet after installing 1.3 Beta 6 & running it, it detected 29 problems. It's not up on the site yet though. |
