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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: EliyahuT on January 02, 2009, 01:03:01 PM
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what more better with AVAST PRO Edition?
AD-AWARE 2008 PRO or SPYBOT S&D?
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This "debate" is well covered in threads like this one (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33398.0). Personally I would not bother with either because they are not very effective.
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Better will be using SUPERantispyware (http://www.superantispyware.com), MBAM (http://malwarebytes.org/mbam.php) or Spyware Terminator (http://www.spywareterminator.com/).
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OK...
but what more better from that program?
AD AWARE PRO or SPYBOT S&D?
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My choice of those 2 would be Spybot for it's resident protect of the registry and it's host file. Adaware is one I gave up on several years ago. I still use Spybot even though many here do not. I also have MBAM and Spyware Terminator for on demand scans. One thing good about Spyware Terminator is that, even though I use it as non-resident, it can be set to scan each day at a certain time.
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EDIT to correct spelling.
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but what more better from that program?
AD AWARE PRO or SPYBOT S&D?
Spybot (it's free ;))
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Have to go with Spybot if for no other reason it does not
have a permanent running process like Ad-Aware.
I really have a problem with that.
A-Squared default also runs a2free.exe as resident,
but you disable it if you run as Administrator.
The Ad-Aware thing can not be.
Dear old SpyBot,long in the tooth,but still useful.
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Have to go with Spybot if for no other reason it does not
have a permanent running process like Ad-Aware.
Run SpywareTerminator than. It's better than ad-aware and Spybot.
In Spybot, the only resident is TeaTimer (not enough protection though).
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First of all these two do not really have the same perspective and abilities to deal with malware. I would say AD pro is better then SB but this does not mean that i would recommend it for any reason. Avast is enough for real time protection but as a second back up scanner you could use SUPERANTISPYWARE free with no realtimefunctions and once a month do a thorough scan with DR WEB CUREIT . Mind that all these are free.
When i do scans with both they only find some cookies and nothing else.
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Have to go with Spybot if for no other reason it does not
have a permanent running process like Ad-Aware.
Run SpywareTerminator than. It's better than ad-aware and Spybot.
In Spybot, the only resident is TeaTimer (not enough protection though).
Sorry Tech,I miss used my terms.
I did not mean real time protection,
I meant that Ad_aware,when ran as a on-demand scanner,without the Ad-Watch
real time module,still has a permeant running process visable in task manager.
Unless the Tea-Time is activated in Spy-Bot it does not have a permenate running process.
The one in A-Squared free to enable non-Adminstrator accounts to use the software,can be disabled with administrator rights with no harm.
The Ad-Aware process if disabled will prevent the program from loading.
That is what I have a problem with,on-demand scanners with permanent running process's.
I really have rethought the whole real time anti-spyware thing,and no longer feel
a need for it.
Avast plus on-demands seem enough.
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Sorry Tech,I miss used my terms.
I did not mean real time protection,
I meant that Ad_aware,when ran as a on-demand scanner,without the Ad-Watch
real time module,still has a permeant running process visable in task manager.
It's a useless service... just taking resources and offering no protection at all... :P
The Ad-Aware process if disabled will prevent the program from loading.
SpywareTerminator is not a solution either.
You can use MBAM.