Any free, good RESIDENT antispyware progrs for WIN98?

[Jimmy Dean]

Not just scanners like Ad-Aware or SpyBot.

tia

jd

[Robin T Cox]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:21:38 +1100, Jimmy Dean wrote:

> Not just scanners like Ad-Aware or SpyBot.
>
> tia
>
> jd

SpywareBlaster will prevent malware from installing itself in the first
place, and should be an essential part of your protection.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

[Vanguard]

"Robin T Cox" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message
newsan.2007.02.22.22.26.08.427788@nomail.net...
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:21:38 +1100, Jimmy Dean wrote:
>
>> Not just scanners like Ad-Aware or SpyBot.
>>
>> tia
>>
>> jd
>
> SpywareBlaster will prevent malware from installing itself in the
> first
> place, and should be an essential part of your protection.
>
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>


Actually that is not correct. SpywareBlaster cannot not prevent malware
from installing itself. What it does is add killbits to the registry
which tells Windows that THAT control cannot run. That means the
malware DOES install but can't run. Install programs doen't have
killbits. The author used to be correct in the definition of his
program but for some goofy reason got carried away and started making
claims that just aren't true of his product. It is still a good product
but realize that it is static protection so you have to reexecute the
program to update that protection, and it does NOT prevent malware from
installing, only from running - sometimes.

[Jeanette Russo]

This is the only free resident one I have found

http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Jeanette



Vanguard wrote:
> "Robin T Cox" <nomail@nomail.net> wrote in message
> newsan.2007.02.22.22.26.08.427788@nomail.net...
>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:21:38 +1100, Jimmy Dean wrote:
>>
>>> Not just scanners like Ad-Aware or SpyBot.
>>>
>>> tia
>>>
>>> jd
>>
>> SpywareBlaster will prevent malware from installing itself in the first
>> place, and should be an essential part of your protection.
>>
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>>
>
>
> Actually that is not correct. SpywareBlaster cannot not prevent malware
> from installing itself. What it does is add killbits to the registry
> which tells Windows that THAT control cannot run. That means the
> malware DOES install but can't run. Install programs doen't have
> killbits. The author used to be correct in the definition of his
> program but for some goofy reason got carried away and started making
> claims that just aren't true of his product. It is still a good product
> but realize that it is static protection so you have to reexecute the
> program to update that protection, and it does NOT prevent malware from
> installing, only from running - sometimes.
>
>