Best program to replace Microsoft Antispyware?

mike10 · 12-31-2005, 02:12 AM

just updated the family computer to the newest version of Microsoft Antispyware
And now it will now only run in the account that it is installed in
I was looking through microsofts newsgroups and there appears to be lots of other people with the same problem and they have not figured out a way to fix it

So does anyone have any suggestions on what I should replace it with?

mlegg · 01-02-2006, 01:09 AM

Really one spyware program is not enough unfortunately. One program will detect what another may miss, as they all use different detections flags/cleaning engines.

On all machines I own, and set up in networks I maintain I have to check and cleanup:

AdAware SE

Spybot Search & Destroy

Ewido Security Suite

Panda Active Scan ~ this is a website to bookmark and use also

These are prevention programs that install several thousand sites into the restriced zones to prevent things from being able to be executed:

Spyware Blaster

IE SPYAD (original)

feddup · 01-02-2006, 08:33 AM

unfortunately mlegg is right. Different antispyware apps catch and/or clean different things. I use IEspyad2 and webroot spysweeper but his list seems pretty good. Pestpatrol is pretty good as well. If you want pestpatrol for free here's a link. http://www.ca.com/de/dsin/PESTPATROL_V5.EXE I don't know how long that offer will hold.

12-31-2005, 02:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
mike10 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Best program to replace Microsoft Antispyware? just updated the family computer to the newest version of Microsoft Antispyware And now it will now only run in the account that it is installed in I was looking through microsofts newsgroups and there appears to be lots of other people with the same problem and they have not figured out a way to fix it So does anyone have any suggestions on what I should replace it with?

01-02-2006, 08:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
feddup Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 174 OS: XP	multiple antispyware! unfortunately mlegg is right. Different antispyware apps catch and/or clean different things. I use IEspyad2 and webroot spysweeper but his list seems pretty good. Pestpatrol is pretty good as well. If you want pestpatrol for free here's a link. http://www.ca.com/de/dsin/PESTPATROL_V5.EXE I don't know how long that offer will hold. __________________ P4C800-e Deluxe 3.2C 2 gigs Corsair XMS4000Pro 2 WD740gd Raid 0 on ICH5R 2 Seagate IDE on Promise 20378 9800XT

01-02-2006, 01:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
mlegg Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: seacoast NH Posts: 43 OS: XP Pro & Home, Win2kPro, Win98	Really one spyware program is not enough unfortunately. One program will detect what another may miss, as they all use different detections flags/cleaning engines. On all machines I own, and set up in networks I maintain I have to check and cleanup: AdAware SE Spybot Search & Destroy Ewido Security Suite Panda Active Scan ~ this is a website to bookmark and use also These are prevention programs that install several thousand sites into the restriced zones to prevent things from being able to be executed: Spyware Blaster IE SPYAD (original)