Valid claims???

[Stephen Howe]

Hi

This is from the links from the web site
http://www.auditmypc.com/intrusion-prevention.asp

Clicking at the last link
http://www.auditmypc.com/web-securit....asp?cat_id=43

I get to here
http://www.defeatspyware.org/reviews.html
and I found the statistical claims on Windows Defender, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware
& SpyBot's Search & Destroy scarely believeable.

Further
http://www.spywarezapper.com/
http://www.spywareremoversreview.com/
look dubious, the last particularly so

Any comments?

Stephen Howe

[Nick Skrepetos]

Stephen Howe wrote:
> Hi
>
> This is from the links from the web site
> http://www.auditmypc.com/intrusion-prevention.asp
>
> Clicking at the last link
> http://www.auditmypc.com/web-securit....asp?cat_id=43
>
> I get to here
> http://www.defeatspyware.org/reviews.html
> and I found the statistical claims on Windows Defender, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware
> & SpyBot's Search & Destroy scarely believeable.
>
> Further
> http://www.spywarezapper.com/
> http://www.spywareremoversreview.com/
> look dubious, the last particularly so
>
> Any comments?
>
> Stephen Howe

Looks to me like the classic reseller promotion site - our tests (in
our lab) show different results against actual live infections. They
also didn't diclose much about the actual tests except "109
infections".

I had written a blog about this exact topic here:
http://superantispyware.blogspot.com...thodology.html

It might provide you some additional food for thought.

Nick Skrepetos
SUPERAntiSpyware.com
http://www.superantispyware.com

[Tim Smith]

In article <1161725486.260995.102850@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
"Nick Skrepetos" <nskrepetos@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had written a blog about this exact topic here:
> http://superantispyware.blogspot.com...ng-methodology
> .html

While looking at that, I read your blog entry on cookies, where you said
this:

Because of their use in tracking, many feel that this constitutes
spyware. Most anti-spyware applicatoins, including SUPERAntiSpyware,
detect tracking cookies in one form or another. If an application
does not detect cookies, users often feel the application is
"missing" critical spyware items because another scanner will detect
them and label them as "spyware".

There's another side to this worth considering. If you DO detect
tracking cookies, especially in a free version of a product where a paid
version is also available, there will be people who think tracking
cookies aren't a big deal, and you are just detecting them to scare the
user into thinking they've got a problem and need more protection.

It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation for the
developer.

--
--Tim Smith

[Nick Skrepetos]

Tim Smith wrote:
>
>There's another side to this worth considering. If you DO detect
> tracking cookies, especially in a free version of a product where a paid
> version is also available, there will be people who think tracking
> cookies aren't a big deal, and you are just detecting them to scare the
> user into thinking they've got a problem and need more protection.
>
> It's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation for the
> developer.

Tim - agreed - the difference with SUPERAntiSpyware is that the Free
Edition does remove items - you are not required to purchase anything
to remove spyware - the Professional version simply gives you scheduled
scanning and real-time protection, and priority customer service.

Nick Skrepetos
SUPERAntiSpyware.com
http://www.superantispyware.com