AVG Free Antispyware

[Woody]

AVG is an antivirus program, not an antispyware program. You have to run
both. While antispyware will detect some viruses and antivirus will detect
some spyware they are different products.


"infidel" <infi@nonesuch.com> wrote in message
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>I love SAS, so far.
> It hasn't found anything as yet as I use other protection as well
> Maybe more speed for SAS\?!!!!
> r
>
> "Nick Skrepetos" <nskrepetos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1163960368.451886.140000@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> Gaz wrote:
>> > "Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message
>> > news:ejokde$hui$1@news.datemas.de...
>> > >I downloaded and update AVG Free Anti-Spyware and done a full disk
>> > >scan
>> > >(Scan all files) and it found spyware and I chose to delete all.
>> > >Immediately afterwards I downloaded SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 and
> updated
>> > >it and done a full scan and it came up with another load of spyware
> ones
>> > >that weren't found on AVG anti spyware. they were Jupilites, Microsoft
>> > >windows.activedesktop, Microsoft.Windows.Explorer,
>> > >Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.taskManager and SpySheriff.
>> > >
>> > > Now why can you not seem to entrust one anti spyware program to get
> rid of
>> > > ALL spyware without having to check with another spyware program? -
> and
>> > > why were these spyware not picked up by AVG anti spyware program in
> the
>> > > first place?
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know?
>> >
>> > I dont know if it picks up everything, but it seems more aggressive
>> > then
>> > spybot and adaware, superantispyware.....
>> >
>> > Gaz
>>
>> Gaz, I am curious as to how you can assess the aggressiveness of the
>> various anti-spyware products, can you elaborate? We often detect and
>> remove infections that AVG and others don't even see, and they find
>> things we don't find - I am not sure if you can say one product is more
>> "aggressive" than another. I believe some of the products are falling
>> behind a little on the "new" infections, but with the rate they are
>> coming out, I don't think anyone can stay "on top" of all the
>> infections.
>>
>> Nick Skrepetos
>> SUPERAntiSpyware.com
>> http://www.superantispyware.com
>>
>
>

[Gaz]

Woody wrote:
> AVG is an antivirus program, not an antispyware program. You have to run
> both. While antispyware will detect some viruses and antivirus will detect
> some spyware they are different products.
>
>

The OP is referring to the AVG free anti spyware programme, not the AVG free
anti-virus programme.

Gaz

[infidel]

I know that.
I use Ad-Aware SE, SAS, SpyBot S&D, SpywareBlaster for the obvious malware
they were designed for, and AVG for viruses.
I manually update daily each morning before I do anything else.
r


"Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
newsm38h.8392$Sw1.3500@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> AVG is an antivirus program, not an antispyware program. You have to run
> both. While antispyware will detect some viruses and antivirus will detect
> some spyware they are different products.
>
>
> "infidel" <infi@nonesuch.com> wrote in message
> news:6R28h.68540$rP1.34035@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >I love SAS, so far.
> > It hasn't found anything as yet as I use other protection as well
> > Maybe more speed for SAS\?!!!!
> > r
> >
> > "Nick Skrepetos" <nskrepetos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1163960368.451886.140000@f16g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> >>
> >> Gaz wrote:
> >> > "Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message
> >> > news:ejokde$hui$1@news.datemas.de...
> >> > >I downloaded and update AVG Free Anti-Spyware and done a full disk
> >> > >scan
> >> > >(Scan all files) and it found spyware and I chose to delete all.
> >> > >Immediately afterwards I downloaded SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 and
> > updated
> >> > >it and done a full scan and it came up with another load of spyware
> > ones
> >> > >that weren't found on AVG anti spyware. they were Jupilites,
Microsoft
> >> > >windows.activedesktop, Microsoft.Windows.Explorer,
> >> > >Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.taskManager and SpySheriff.
> >> > >
> >> > > Now why can you not seem to entrust one anti spyware program to get
> > rid of
> >> > > ALL spyware without having to check with another spyware program? -
> > and
> >> > > why were these spyware not picked up by AVG anti spyware program in
> > the
> >> > > first place?
> >> > >
> >> > > Does anyone know?
> >> >
> >> > I dont know if it picks up everything, but it seems more aggressive
> >> > then
> >> > spybot and adaware, superantispyware.....
> >> >
> >> > Gaz
> >>
> >> Gaz, I am curious as to how you can assess the aggressiveness of the
> >> various anti-spyware products, can you elaborate? We often detect and
> >> remove infections that AVG and others don't even see, and they find
> >> things we don't find - I am not sure if you can say one product is more
> >> "aggressive" than another. I believe some of the products are falling
> >> behind a little on the "new" infections, but with the rate they are
> >> coming out, I don't think anyone can stay "on top" of all the
> >> infections.
> >>
> >> Nick Skrepetos
> >> SUPERAntiSpyware.com
> >> http://www.superantispyware.com
> >>
> >
> >
>
>