Best Spyware Scanners still misses 25%+

cy

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results of anti-spyware test one:

adware SE = 84 out of 134
spybot = 40 out of 134

lot's of info, but a long worthwhile read.
 

4sevens

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It's not going to change for the better.... there are tons of ways to
hide in a system... and the spyware folks just have to run the latest
and greatest anti-spyware program to check if they make it, if not
they just "improve"
 

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It's just like AV, only spyware isn't the problem that viruses are, so less resources are thrown at the problem.

Catching ~75% is good for a relatively new field like spyware removal.
 

cy

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idleprocess said:Catching ~75% is good for a relatively new field like spyware removal.

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75% success was for the best out of all of scanners for these tests. results may very for different metrics.

some cleverly hide bits that replicates parts that do get deleted.
 

jbfla

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Cy,

Thanks for the link...I think... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I have spent most of the day reading the test report and its associated links.

Looks like Giant Software is the one that gets 75% of the junkware files installed by Kazaa. It's $29.95 USD per year after a 15 day free trial.

It's easy to become paranoid after reading all this stuff. It seems there is no way to 100% remove/prevent the adware/spyware.

Here's what I use:

Zone Alarm.....firewall
Ad-Aware.......finds junkware
Spybot.........finds/prevents (Immunization) junkware
Spyware Blaster...prevents junkware

The above are all freeware. As the "test" shows, they don't find or prevent everything, but along with Symantec AntiVirus (payware), they do a good enough job to keep my computer running relatively troublefree.

JB
 
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