perkin Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 One application I can really recommend from personal experience is the free version of "A-Squared" See details at: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ OK,so you have to run and update the app. manually,but it is a very welcome addtion to a PCs armoury against all those nasties out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 You registered an forum account just to inform about another software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 17, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 17, 2006 I wouldn't know diddly about A-Squared since when I registered to get the download some months ago the webform bitched about me having an Opera email account, therefore if they want to be snottie - to hell with their app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted February 18, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2006 I use this this on pre xp computers that I clean becasue ewido wont work on them. Its ok but it does tend to give a lot of false positives. I have never had it hurt anything though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inu-Ya Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Note: The scanning for it take long time. But it still good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_ Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Is it better than Ewido ? http://www.last.fm/user/Matt714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted February 19, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 19, 2006 Is it better than Ewido ? NO!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenknight Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I removed A-squared from my computer after I tried out ewido. Ewido finds more, it has a better interface, and it's faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsepha Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I've been using A? for a long time, it does seem to take a while, and it hasn't found anything in over a year. It could be because I don't have anything, but I'd really like to try Ewido. ----------------- Edit to add: I tried the Ewidow micro scan, downloaded it, ran it, it downloaded the definitions and scanned. I'm either doing something wrong, or I have no malware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkin Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 I've been using A? for a long time, it does seem to take a while, and it hasn't found anything in over a year. It could be because I don't have anything, but I'd really like to try Ewido. ----------------- I can only speak as I find! I do have to manually update A2 every day,but it has now and then found malware and spyware not picked up by other apps. Like you of course,I can go for ages without any problems at all,but it pays to be vigilant I reckon! Incidentally,I`ve not had much luck with Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta at finding anything as yet over a simliar period-anybody find it useful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsepha Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I tried Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta for a few months and it never found anything. Then I encountered some sort of software conflict and I uninstalled it. But if it helps, then by all means keep it. Better safe than sorry. Some might say that I overkill, but I have A?, A? HiJack Free, Adaware, Spybot S&D, HiHack This, SpywareBalster, and SpywareGaurd. And that's just for the spyware, I'm running AVG for antivirus and an old version of Zone Alarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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