Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender

SpySentinel · 06-27-2007, 04:55 PM

Which do you like better? Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 or Windows Defender.

I liked Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1, even though it was only a re-branded version of GIANT AntiSpyware. I think Microsoft should take the updates and enhancements of Windows Defender and add them to Microsoft AntiSpyware.

What do you think?

**Go The Power** · 06-27-2007, 06:02 PM

I think Microsoft AntiSpyware was better

**simpswr** · 06-27-2007, 06:19 PM

I agree . . MAS was a much more robust program

**Kalim** · 06-27-2007, 07:24 PM

The Window Live OneCare software has a better configured version of Windows Defender within it, and is rated very poorly for it's security, since it only caught 18.4% of 18 dangers when tested lately.

So I'm not a fan of either.

**Go The Power** · 06-27-2007, 07:55 PM

18.4% that is terrible

chauffeur2 · 06-27-2007, 09:35 PM

I don't like either of them!

That's my personal choice though.

Regards,

floors05 · 06-29-2007, 03:57 PM

i use windows defender but i have never "caught" anything... i run several others at totally diff times

**TheMatt** · 06-30-2007, 04:04 PM

I just use McAfee Internet Security (free with comcast and some other ISPs I believe), SiteAdvisor (also free), and common sense. You can never replace that.

SpySentinel · 06-30-2007, 05:48 PM

However Microsoft AntiSpyware was a very good free program. It added options found in paid versions. Partially because when GIANT Company released GIANT AntiSpyware is was a paid program.

**Go The Power** · 06-30-2007, 06:03 PM

I like McAfee site advisor it always does the job well

**Kalim** · 07-01-2007, 12:02 AM

I quit using McAfee Site Advisor as I submitted a memory leak caused by it.

**Go The Power** · 07-01-2007, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalim

I quit using McAfee Site Advisor as I submitted a memory leak caused by it.

What do you mean?

**TheMatt** · 07-01-2007, 10:38 AM

Which version had the leak? Was it the IE or FF plug-in?

**Kalim** · 07-01-2007, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Go The Power

What do you mean?

Fx memory usage and virtual memory usage shot up egregiously becoming a best at ~380MB when using this add-on. Caused by a buggy plugin. Fine wth IE 6 and 7.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMatt

Which version had the leak? Was it the IE or FF plug-in?

FX. It was in March. I'll have to search quite a bit to find it...

Yeah it was from August to March, update 21, 22, 23 and I finally had enough as too many Fx users were having problems with it, including system hangs, slow searches, and when I used the perl scripts for memory leak testing of update 24, it was very inconsistent in throwing the similar errors again.

It's also listed here in general: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problemati...ee_SiteAdvisor

Never had the time or OS spare availability to test the newer builds, although I'll be trying update 26.3 this following week.

**Go The Power** · 07-01-2007, 09:56 PM

If siteadivisor has a problem, any other you would reccomend?

**Ben** · 07-02-2007, 07:28 AM

TrentProtect is an alternative to SiteAdvisor

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...=home_2nd_left

**Go The Power** · 07-02-2007, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topcreator

TrentProtect is an alternative to SiteAdvisor

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...=home_2nd_left

Which is better?

**Kalim** · 07-02-2007, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Go The Power

If siteadivisor has a problem, any other you would reccomend?

If it has no problem on your system, then carry on using it by all means.

Quote:

Originally Posted by topcreator

TrentProtect is an alternative to SiteAdvisor

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...=home_2nd_left

That's very good aswell. In my experience, it's better than Site Advisor although premature yet. Site Advisor utilizes some fairly inaccurate methodologies which create "false positives". Such as the screenshot attached below for techsupportforum.com analysis information.

I use TrendProtect on another XP SP2 system of mine, it features better link scanning and is more informative overall.

**Go The Power** · 07-02-2007, 07:50 AM

I doubt Combofix has an infection. I havnt had a problem with my system so I might keep Site adviser for now

**Ben** · 07-02-2007, 10:22 AM

A the saying goes, if it aint broke DONT fix it

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06-27-2007, 04:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
SpySentinel Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: The United States Posts: 378 OS: Windows XP SP2	Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender Which do you like better? Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1 or Windows Defender. I liked Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1, even though it was only a re-branded version of GIANT AntiSpyware. I think Microsoft should take the updates and enhancements of Windows Defender and add them to Microsoft AntiSpyware. What do you think? __________________ Proud graduate of GeekU - Learn how to remove malware at GeekstoGo.com UNITE ASAP Last edited by SpySentinel; 06-27-2007 at 04:58 PM.

06-27-2007, 06:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I think Microsoft AntiSpyware was better __________________

06-27-2007, 06:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,205 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I agree . . MAS was a much more robust program __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

06-27-2007, 07:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender The Window Live OneCare software has a better configured version of Windows Defender within it, and is rated very poorly for it's security, since it only caught 18.4% of 18 dangers when tested lately. So I'm not a fan of either.

06-27-2007, 07:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender 18.4% that is terrible __________________

06-27-2007, 09:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
chauffeur2 Manager Emeritus Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,180 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I don't like either of them! That's my personal choice though. Regards, __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!!

06-29-2007, 03:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
floors05 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: new york usa Posts: 15 OS: windows xp	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender i use windows defender but i have never "caught" anything... i run several others at totally diff times

06-30-2007, 04:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I just use McAfee Internet Security (free with comcast and some other ISPs I believe), SiteAdvisor (also free), and common sense. You can never replace that. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

06-30-2007, 05:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
SpySentinel Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: The United States Posts: 378 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender However Microsoft AntiSpyware was a very good free program. It added options found in paid versions. Partially because when GIANT Company released GIANT AntiSpyware is was a paid program. __________________ Proud graduate of GeekU - Learn how to remove malware at GeekstoGo.com UNITE ASAP

06-30-2007, 06:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I like McAfee site advisor it always does the job well __________________

07-01-2007, 12:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I quit using McAfee Site Advisor as I submitted a memory leak caused by it.

07-01-2007, 10:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender Which version had the leak? Was it the IE or FF plug-in? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

07-01-2007, 09:56 PM	#15 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender If siteadivisor has a problem, any other you would reccomend? __________________

07-02-2007, 07:28 AM	#16 (permalink)
Ben TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,343 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 My System	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender TrentProtect is an alternative to SiteAdvisor http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en...=home_2nd_left __________________ \|3e\|\\| If I stop replying to a thread, send me a PM with the thread link HijackThis • AVG Anti-Virus • AVG Anti-Spyware • SpywareBlaster • CWShredder • HOSTS File PC Safety and Security - What Do I Need? • So How Did I Get Infected In The First Place?

07-02-2007, 07:50 AM	#19 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 10,971 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender I doubt Combofix has an infection. I havnt had a problem with my system so I might keep Site adviser for now __________________

07-02-2007, 10:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
Ben TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,343 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 My System	Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware or Windows Defender A the saying goes, if it aint broke DONT fix it __________________ \|3e\|\\| If I stop replying to a thread, send me a PM with the thread link HijackThis • AVG Anti-Virus • AVG Anti-Spyware • SpywareBlaster • CWShredder • HOSTS File PC Safety and Security - What Do I Need? • So How Did I Get Infected In The First Place?