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wjyd

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do I need other soft ware to detect spy,mal, adware ?
« on: April 09, 2009, 05:03:47 PM »
I am not computer literate. I have an old millennium system and use yahoo mail and IE. My computer is getting slower and slower.
I have used AVAST home for years with little problems.
My geek buddies tell me that Avast alone is not enough to stop the new infections.


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micky77

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Re: do I need other soft ware to detect spy,mal, adware ?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2009, 05:24:15 PM »
Absolutely, Superantispyware, compatable with windows 98 onwards, and MAlwarebytes Antimalware Windows 2000  onwards.

http://filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html

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Re: do I need other soft ware to detect spy,mal, adware ?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2009, 05:28:30 PM »
I second micky77 comment.

No one program has the possibility of finding everything out there. That's where Superantispyware (also written as SAS)  and MAlwarebytes Antimalware (MBAM) come into play. They increase the chance of finding nasties.
Computer Systems:

Intel Pentium 4 641 / 2GB RAM / Vista Home Basic SP2 / avast! 5.0 Home / SAS Free / MBAM Free / Windows Defender / Windows Firewall / Spyware Blaster/ Secunia PSI / Firefox 3.6 / Opera 10.5

Core2Duo T8300 / 4GB RAM / Vista Home Premium SP2 (32 bit version) / Same Software.