use_a_hammer@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2:08 am, comajorr <comaj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> use_a_ham...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> On Feb 22, 3:59 pm, "Bob" <rob...@grande.net> wrote:
>>>> My wife was searching for a particular subject in her browser, and clicked
>>>> on the one she wanted (medical web site).
>>>> A large screen flashed up indicating she had just received a virus, which
>>>> was a Trojan, and must buy this particular program to uninstall it from her
>>>> computer.
>>>> I checked, and the AVG virus protection caught it. Sure enough, it was
>>>> listed as a Trojan. I put it in the virus vault and deleted it.
>>>> My question..........after just installing Spybot Search & Destroy, and
>>>> Spyware Blaster, how did this get through both programs? I thought it must
>>>> be a sales gimmick, but wouldn't it have to be a Trojan for AVG to catch it?
>>>> I know nothing about these programs, how they work, nor virus's. All
>>>> software was up to date. Sorry, I failed to get a description of it.
>>> I would recommend installing McAfee Site Advisor to help keep you away
>>> from bad sites.
>>> http://www.siteadvisor.com/
>> Go to Google Pack and download and run the free version of "spyware
>> doctor". I'd say it's the best program I've run to catch and clean
>> trojans [and other assorted malware].
>
> The biggest memory hog on earth! And this is coming from someone that
> has 2GB's of memory.
>
> And it only works with XP and Vista.
>
> IMO, the "best" payware anti-spyware program is Spy Sweeper. It also
> uses a lot of memory, but NOTHING like SWD.
>
> IMO, Spyware Terminator is still the best free program out there.
>
>
I have to disagree...I have a paid version of Spysweeper on my system
right now and it doesn't catch and clean what spyware doctor does. I
only activate spyware doctor for the intelliscan once a day then I click
it off so it isn't memory resident. The intelliscan feature is quick and
thorough...it also scans alternate data streams.

Also the F-secure free online scanner is excellent and pc tools threat
fire is worth a look. I don't agree with you about spyware terminator it
didn't seem to find much on scans but it did make you give permissions
for many processes to run which was a pain. I'll give it another try to
see if it's improved.

Also only working with XP and Vista? They are the operating systems with
the most security problems right now.