Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:55:27 -0700 (PDT), Richard Fangnail
><richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote:
>
>> There was a time when users had an antivirus and an antispyware. Do
>> you think antivirus programs TODAY cover both things?
>
>
>No they don't.
>
>
>> I used to have Spybot and then Lavasoft (Ad-Aware). They were okay
>> although they never found anything. When I upgraded my Kaspersky this
>> April, it FORCED me to remove these two spywares and all their
>> remnants.
>>
>> If it's helpful to have an "antispyware" program, what do you
>> recommend?
>
>
>It's more than helpful; it's practically required.
>
>Two points:
>
>1. The best free anti-spyware program, and it's excellent, is
>Anti-Malware, by MalwareBytes. Get it at
>http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
>
>2. In my view, no anti-spyware program is perfect, so no single
>anti-spyware program is sufficient for protection. You should run at
>least two. The second best is SuperAntiSpyware. Get it at
>http://www.superantispyware.com/

Both products look interesting. Is there any significant performance hit
to pay for the constant scanning or monitoring by using these
concurrently?

I recently updated SpybotS/D and AddAware to accompany nod32. I'm saddened
to read in this thread that both are of compromised quality.

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