Failing Grades For Most Anti-Spyware Tools

Posted by timothy on Monday November 22, 2004 @09:59PM from the or-choose-a-safer-operating-system dept.

serbach writes "Steve Gibson posted this link to a superb test of about two dozen top Anti-Spyware programs: Eric L. Howes conducted the test over a two-week period in October. The results surprised me: only 3 ASW programs had a 'batting average' of better than .500 when it came to eradicating the broad range of spyware in the test. Freeware star Spybot Search & Destroy came in a distant 7th with an average of only .376. The top three? Giant Anti-Spyware, Spy Sweeper, and Ad-Aware. These test results are well worth your time."

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Re:if you don't log and analyze traffic by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-22 23:40 · Score: -1, Redundant

OMIGOD SOMONE TEH HAX0RED ME WITH TEH PING!!!11!1!!!ONE
Re:Personal experience with anti spyware tools by mgv · 2004-11-23 01:30 · Score: -1, Redundant

I've been using a few different anti spyware tools in parallel because it seems as if there isn't a single tool that can reliable remove all spyware.

Try OSX. Or Linux. Both work very well.

Michael

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