The Inquirer

By Tamlin Magee: Friday 18 June 2004, 09:41

Anti-spyware software compared

SPYWARE'S A NUISANCE. Everyone knows it. Fortunately, there's enough anti-spyware software available to clear your system of the sneaky bugs. Unfortunately, some of it's crap, and the constant failure to detect whatever's causing your homepage to change to "BUY VIAGRA NOW" is more depressing and upsetting than the cold, black hearts of Cydoor and Gator executives combined.
Some nice souls over at Flexbeta.net have taken the liberty to compare and review the top anti-spyware programs on the market, namely: AdAware, Spybot S&D, SpySweeper, SpyHunter and SpyRemover. As you're probably aware, AdAware and Spybot are free. However, you'll have to pay 30 bucks for those last three.

Using a heavily infected computer, they tested the stuff out. The website concluded that SpySweeper is the best program for curing your 'puter, however, you're not going to be too successful running just one program alone. The site suggests running the three musketeers of spy killing, AdAware, SpySweeper and SpyBot. Also mentioned on the site is for potential buyers to be careful and vigilant about their software, since $30 SpyRemover has a lower performance and less features than the free SpyBot.

If you want to read the whole article – and I suggest you do, as it's a good read – you can find it here.


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