recommend anti-malware

[nweissma]

someone had previously mentioned that Lavasoft's AdAware is no longer the Top Dog because its startegy is obsolete, that a completely different anti-malware strategy is being beta'd.

this pontificator left it at that. can i now be told a more substantial explanation?

[Lisandro]

I can't help further.
What I can say is that the detection rate of Adaware is very small... a lot of things pass through it intact. So, users recommend other antispywares.

[nweissma]

I can't help further.
What I can say is that the detection rate of Adaware is very small... a lot of things pass through it intact. So, users recommend other antispywares.

can you tell me what evidence there is that a substantial amount of malware slips by detection? and what other anti-malware are others recommending?

thanks.

[FreewheelinFrank]

Ad-Aware has got some poor reviews in the past, but the latest review from this source at least is better.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2155541,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2307215,00.asp

[nweissma]

this is enlighhtening; thanks for bringing this to my attention ... doesn't AdAware's bundled antivirus conflict with Avast?!

[FreewheelinFrank]

Only the paid versions (Pro/Plus) have AV: the free version can be used without conflict.