"Dick Hazeleger" <Dick@post_it_in_the_newsgroup.com> wrote in message
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> KpoT wrote:
>
> > "KpoT" <no@no.no> wrote in message
> > news:IUfYa.69187$ls5.1051634@weber.videotron.net.. .
> > > subj!
> > >
> >
> > part of why I'm asking is this..
> > I usually use my Ad-aware Pro v6.0 for spyware scanning, and so I did
> > this time - I made sure that after I finished with Ad-aware Pro, no
> > spyware was left on my computer.
> > After that, I tried for the first time to use this Spy Sweeper..
> > Well I was pretty surprised after it found 9 more spywares!! this -
> > after my trusted Ad-aware Pro finished cleaning and said there was
> > none more left!..
> >
> > what do you guys make of this?
> > i mean, Ad-aware, at least in my opinion, was the king of all spyware
> > scanner progs!
>
> The interesting question here is: "Was Spy Sweeper already installed,
> or added later?" Perhaps it *could* have installed the spyware it found
> later itself?
>
> I know of at least one "Trojan Hunter" who used to do that little
> trick... FUD, and I don't like that business model!
>
> I would suggest you stick to AA, use SS&D for a second opinion (or the
> other way around) and when things seem hopeless... use HiJack This.

k gotcha!

> I also suggest you'd use something like "Total Uninstall"
> (Freeware/Donationware) to monitor what exactly newly installed program
> add to your system, this prevent you for some future surprises!

about the Total Uninstall.. i'm curious if there is a specific reason you
prefer it to all the other registry monitoring programs (like RegShot,
Advanced Registry Tracer, RegSnap, and many others of this kind)?..