Adaware, spybot, or spydoctor ???

External Since: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 7

Whitch on of these free spyware would you choose if only one of them was
available ??

pros and cons of each would be appreciated

finally whitch one is the top one, free or not ?

thanks guys

External Since: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 170

"Rick" <rick.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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| Whitch on of these free spyware would you choose if only one of them
was
| available ??
|
| pros and cons of each would be appreciated
|
| finally whitch one is the top one, free or not ?
|
| thanks guys
|

I'm not familiar with Spydoctor but I've been running AdAware and SpyBot
since my first hijack experience in 2002. I use them as on demand
scanners so I've never had any conflicts.

While they overlap a lot but they also check for some different
problems. That's why many people have both of them. For example, I'm
using NOD32 as a full time scanner. I keep a number of copies of the
Eicar Test File on my systems, uncompressed, single and double
compressed.

NOD32 sends out virus warnings when AdAware tries to access the Eicar
Test Files. Nothing happens with a SpyBot scan. I usually run AdAware
1st then Spybot.

Pros: They do a good job and they have regular updates plus they're
FREE! ( I send SpyBot a donation from time to time and I'd like to
encourage other to do the same).

Cons: From time to time there have been some updates and new signature
that created conflicts but these were corrected in short order, unlike
many commercial products.

Chas.