Jay T. Blocksom wrote:
> galt_57@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Had been using Ad-Aware and finally added Spybot S&D and
> > was annoyed to have it report several infections that
> > Ad-Aware ignored.
> > [snip]
>
> Why were you "annoyed" by that? This, after all, is the
> point of having more than one tool in your bag -- each will
> potentially catch some things that the other doesn't.

Because that view is problematic. How many program are needed for
reasonable protection? Two? Three? Five? Twenty?

> > What is the overlap between these two programs?
> > [snip]
>
> Considerable, but not complete.

Well, I had previously hoped that the only difference between these
programs would be their internal methodology, but that they would both
try to cover the known spyware/adware threats, so if Spybot S&D found
something that Ad-Aware didn't it would only be a matter of an update
or two and then Ad-Aware would also cover that specific threat. I no
longer believe that to be the case. It would be nice to compare the
list of known threats that each program claims to cover, but I don't
believe this info is made available.