Support.com acquires SUPERAntiSpyware

[Lisandro]

Maybe I've missed, but Support.com acquires SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.easyir.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=3103D1D4FE57179F&version=live&prid=768778&releasejsp=custom_107
Sorry if posted before...

What will be the future? Will SAS and MBAM follow the same destiny of Lavasolft Adaware and Spybot, I mean, on demand scanners that could not continue? I know that both have on access (resident) protection, but a lot of users just have them on demand.

[Lisandro]

Not good news... will SAS remain free?

Why Free Virus Removal Services Often Don’t Work

We’ve all seen services promising to remove malware (that is, viruses, trojans, spyware, etc.) for free and free is better than paying for something, right? Not necessarily. What if it doesn’t work? Free services rarely offer guarantees and vastly under deliver on their promises. Or worse, some applications may even be criminals placing even more malware on your computer. How can you be sure?

http://www.support.com/malware

What does Essexboy think about "free" removal of malware?

[DavidR]

Yes there is already a topic on it (might be the Interesting Software one, I can't recall) and it links to a Wilders topic about the acquisition.

[Lisandro]

Yes there is already a topic on it (might be the Interesting Software one

I've thought on that. But we can't discuss there.
Another question that people are discussing is the lifetime license. Will it continue? The developers say yes, the history and analog cases say no.

[scythe944]

I guess as long as we still have MBAM it will be ok, but I liked knowing that there was another alternative scanner to use if MBAM didn't cut it.

[Asyn]

I guess as long as we still have MBAM it will be ok, but I liked knowing that there was another alternative scanner to use if MBAM didn't cut it.

EAM is still there and still free.

[Lisandro]

EAM?

[Asyn]

EAM?

Emsisoft Anti Malware.

[Lisandro]

Oh... Two many false positives in the past. Two aggressive on registry and cannot restore it. It earned me a start form scratch... formatting and installing everything again. Of course, it got better. Why do people recommend just MBAM and SAS then? But we're off topic...

[Asyn]

1. Oh... Two many false positives in the past.
2. Why do people recommend just MBAM and SAS then? But we're off topic...

[OT] Ok, I wouldn't use it, if it was bad.
1. I had exactly 1 FP in 2 years.
2. They got used to recommend it.

[Lisandro]

I'll get a new computer next days.
I'm really tempted to keep it simple: just avast.
I'm tired of on demand scannings and updates.
After all these years, I'm tempted to think on them as cleaning tools and not protection.
Maybe I go only for Comodo Cleaning Essentials, maybe I try Immunet. But probably I'll drop MBAM and also SpywareBlaster which is decreasing a lot the IE opening.

I hope Support.com does not do with SAS the same as Symantec did with PCTools and ThreatFire...

[Asyn]

After all these years, I'm tempted to think on them as cleaning tools and not protection.

That's exactly why we use them.
Btw, since I use EAM as a second opinion, it never found anthing, but there are also other layers of protection involved on my machines. But for sure avast! is the most important.
I have neither Mbam nor SAS and also no SpywareBlaster or similar.

[Lisandro]

That's exactly why we use them.

No, we use them as second opinion I think.

I have neither Mbam nor SAS and also no SpywareBlaster or similar.

You're an exception, aren't you?

[Asyn]

1. No, we use them as second opinion I think.
2. You're an exception, aren't you?

1. Also.
2. Maybe..?!?

[Dch48]

I just use them as an on demand backup scan. I don't have SAS at the moment, only MBAM. I decided to boycott SAS because their right click context menu scan option only works if the program is running or is in the system tray. MBAM has no such requirement.