Richard Fangnail wrote:
> I stopped using Spybot a few years ago because somebody ran tests on
> it and it hardly found the spywares.
> Ad-Aware seemed okay but I hated the interface.

Things change.

Spybot-S&D is still well regarded by many. I'm afraid it's Ad-Aware
that's losing its followers right now.

> Apparently Windows Defender is hard to download as it requires a
> license and other things.

I'm afraid your information is erroneous. It won't give a spec of
trouble if you have a clean and legal system. Windows Defender
/itself/ requires no special licensing other than the usual agreements
we all agree to as we install applications.

> Do you have an opinion on Microsoft's Malicious Software thing that is
> released every month?

MRT.exe /is/ very limited in scope. However, what it does do, it does
well enough for many. However, MBAM & SAS, and good reputation
antivirus applications, overshadow MRT by a long shot.

You would do well to lurk the malware newsgroups for a while and get
updated. Much may have changed since you last looked at malware.

Warm regards,

Pete
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