dkt Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Has anyone used Windows Defender? How does it compare to SpyBot or AdAware? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 used it. i'd say it sucks period. stay away from it! use AVG Anti-Spyware, SUPERAntiSpyware, Spybot(Optional) and an Anti-Virus of choice. Avast!, AVG, ClamWin or AntiVir Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 with 4 120mm Blue LED FANS 1 Regular 120MM FAN and a Custom Window Side Panel | AMD Athlon II x4 2.6GHZ Stock| XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm | ASRock A780GXE/128 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @800MHZ | CF 2 XFX 4850 1GB @GPU940/MEM1005 | 320GB/OS 160GB/Storage HDDs | LG CD/DVD SATA | Rosewill 600W 2 12v Rail@44 | Ccleaner, Defraggler | Malwarebytes', SUPERAnti-Spyware | Avira AntiVir Personal | Google Chrome v3/4, IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 used it. i'd say it sucks period. stay away from it! Why do you say that? I use Windows Defender and AVG Free. I also use WinPatrol and I was so impressed with it I purchase the PLUS update. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 used it. i'd say it sucks period. stay away from it! use AVG Anti-Spyware, SUPERAntiSpyware, Spybot(Optional) and an Anti-Virus of choice. Avast!, AVG, ClamWin or AntiVir I'd pretty much agree with all that (including 'Defender sucks'). Personally use AVG Free AV, Spyware Blaster and Spybot (for it's immunise and tools more than its scanning). Don't have any spyware scanner installed anymore as I never get any spyware but used to be SuperAntispyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Windows Defender gets mixed, generally negative, reviews, it apparently misses a lot of stuff...that is just what I read. Some of the freeware apps appear to do the job better. I use these apps, all are free unless you choose to donate; none are "hogs". Active protection category: AVG Antivirus http://www.ewido.net/en/download/ AVG Antispyware (active?, don't know, the trial period has expired) from http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-...pyware/us/frt/0 SpyBot S&D...ver 1.5 runs slower than ver 1.4, but it has more features. The Tea Timer in 1.5 takes a lot of memory, but is worth it, IMHO. Both versions are available at FileHippo: from http://filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/ SpyWareBlaster SpyWareGuard, the oldest spyware app in the known universe. Uses quite a bit of memory. Never updates. Doesn't seem to do much (actually does). I don't recommend it, but do use it. Ya gotta love it. Comodo Firewall, ver 2.4 I think, not ver 3, couldn't get that to work although others on this forum had better luck. ----------------------------------------- Passive, or on demand only category: AdAware XoftSpySE from http://www.paretologic.com/xoftspy/se/newlp/xray/?uid=bsxh5 SuperAntiSpyware. Trial period expired, so not active now. -------------------------------------------------- Rootkit finders, on demand only: AVG Antirootkit F-Secure Blacklight IceSword Rootkit Revealer from Sysinternals Rootkit Buster from Trend Micro. Sophos AntiRootkit Rootkit Unhooker from http://antirootkit.com/software/RootKit-Unhooker.htm but you probably should get the current version quickly, Microsoft bought'em: read here: http://www.antirootkit.com/blog/2007/12/23...f-to-microsoft/ --------------------------------------- Virtualization, sort of: Sandboxie Returnil Powershadow...no longer free The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 to check go to http://www.av-comparatives.org the one you not see are no go will not test so bad most AV as for spyware not lott of testing that I can find for very bad spyware try Spyware Terminater.com http://www.moosoft.com/ >the cleaner5 free & http://shield.prevx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi David, I would also recommend going to this link and Bookmarking it. http://internetrotsyourbrain.com/rridgely/freesoftware.htm As you may already know "rridgely" is one of Piriforms most respected experts,members, Moderators,etc. He also claims to be one the oldest.He also claims that he hates computers but from what I have seen,he loves people.That is why he always gives such good advice. Good Luck, davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I use Defender and AVG Anti-Spyware free. Defender is a second line against the well known stuff, while AVG picks up the less known stuff. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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