Good Adware and Spyware Program?

External Since: Aug 05, 2005 Posts: 91

I installed a trial version of PC Tools "Spy Doctor" on my Windows 98 machine
after a recent issue of PC World gave it their "best" rating. The program reacted
slugglishly, and it took forever to scan. It did find 200 "cookies" and a handful
of possible hijack items...all low threat. It also slowed my internet connection
to a crawl. I uninstalled it, and now everything is fine. Can anyone recommend
a good adware/spyware program for Windows 98 that is thorough and doesn't use a
lot of resources? I don't mind paying if it works well.

Thanks!
Scott

External Since: Apr 25, 2007 Posts: 17

"Scott" <> wrote in message news:
> I installed a trial version of PC Tools "Spy Doctor" on my Windows 98
machine
> after a recent issue of PC World gave it their "best" rating. The program
reacted
> slugglishly, and it took forever to scan. It did find 200 "cookies" and a
handful
> of possible hijack items...all low threat. It also slowed my internet
connection
> to a crawl. I uninstalled it, and now everything is fine. Can anyone
recommend
> a good adware/spyware program for Windows 98 that is thorough and doesn't
use a
> lot of resources? I don't mind paying if it works well.
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
It's been a while, so not sure if still there, but Ad-AwareSE and Spybot
Search and Destroy were free and I never had any problems with them.