TheFiresInTheSky Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I have spybot resident, it's supposed to stop stuff from adding itself to the startup menu but it doesn't do a good job of that and it's too bloated. Any other good free alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajoMo Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I have Spyware Terminator that makes a very good job with startup shield'feature. Their Real Time-Protection is excellent. A soft alternative is Arovax Shield that works well with startup items (the file extensions shield don't works). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I second SpywareTerminator. Since installing and using it I've turned Spybot's teatimer off, they were warning of the same things. But ST warns of much more besides. Their aren't too many freeware realtime antispy programs around, either. another option is Winpatrol. Warns of startup changes and a few other things,(BHO's, "bad" cookies,etc) quite a few handy tools. Not quite realtime, though...it scans the various parameters every one to eleven minutes (or more), these time intervals can be changed by the user down to a minimum of one minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredvries Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 We aren't talking here about Spyware Terminator from invender.nl ? Because if we are: it is on the SpywareWarrior list which lists rogue anti-spywareprograms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/spywareterminator.com Is that the one your talking about? I'm not sure if I'd trust it, it's on Mcafee's yellow list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajoMo Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 From "Spyware Warrior" here: At the end of the three month probation period we re-tested Spyware Terminator, again finding no problems serious enough to justify listing the program on this page. As the vendor involved has not been involved in the distribution of adware for many months, and as the program itself exhibits no problems serious enough to warrant mention on this page, we have decided to de-list Spyware Terminator from the Rogue/Suspect list and can no longer regard the program to be "rogue/suspect." They are talking from Spyware Terminator. Don't confuse with Spyware Terminator from invender.nl or Spyware X-terminator from Stompsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/spywareterminator.comIs that the one your talking about? I'm not sure if I'd trust it, it's on Mcafee's yellow list. I am going to ask McAfee SiteAdvisor to remove the detection flag as Spyware Terminator has been proven that its OK. Edit: There have been many requests for Spyware Terminator to be re-rated as Good but McAfee is slow in doing it. "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...
Tarq57 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I already suggested that to Siteadvisor. No response. Uninstalled it. (siteadvisor). WOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thanks everyone for the input It seems to be doing a awesome job at keeping stuff from starting up! thanks -aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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