In my experience, it actually does matter in which order you run spyware removal tools. Some tools fix problems more gracefully than others. For instance, Spybot tends to fix some spyware that infect winsock in a less destructful manner than Ad-aware, so I run Spybot first so that I don't have to repair the networking in Windows afterwards.
I agree. Giant isn't any better than the others...it just fill another gap...a gap I hope M$ doesn't neglect after this investment.
I've just recently started Giant's AntiSpyware program and found it to be excellent at cleaning up the VX2 remanents and anything else left over after running Spybot S&D and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. I sure hope that M$'s take-over doesn't make a worth-while antispyware tool worthless.
I sure wish we could go back to the days when we could scan with Ad-aware, Spybot S&D, and Hijackthis! and sucessfully remove 99% of all the spyware out there. I'm finding I have to use a wider variety of tools in conjunction to end with a clean system. One that I've been quite impressed with is Giant AntiSpyware. Only comes with a 15day trial but it really does a nice job cleaning up in the end.
I've even had to resort to using some of the more dubious antispyware tools to get rid of really stubborn spyware these days. When will it end!?
Surprisingly, SAV 9 does an ok job detecting some of the malware files that are dynamically named. It would be nice if it would then delete them for you...but alas. I suppose they don't want to be responsible for deleting a seemingly randomly named dll or exe in..\system32 just in case it might be an actual system file.
I've been having to RMA more and more "value" RAM lately. Some is bad...but some is just incompatible, whether its with the chipset on the motherboard or what I don't know. If a person sticks with trusted brands with good chips they seem to have better luck
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In my experience, it actually does matter in which order you run spyware removal tools. Some tools fix problems more gracefully than others. For instance, Spybot tends to fix some spyware that infect winsock in a less destructful manner than Ad-aware, so I run Spybot first so that I don't have to repair the networking in Windows afterwards. I agree. Giant isn't any better than the others...it just fill another gap...a gap I hope M$ doesn't neglect after this investment.
I've just recently started Giant's AntiSpyware program and found it to be excellent at cleaning up the VX2 remanents and anything else left over after running Spybot S&D and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. I sure hope that M$'s take-over doesn't make a worth-while antispyware tool worthless.
I sure wish we could go back to the days when we could scan with Ad-aware, Spybot S&D, and Hijackthis! and sucessfully remove 99% of all the spyware out there. I'm finding I have to use a wider variety of tools in conjunction to end with a clean system. One that I've been quite impressed with is Giant AntiSpyware. Only comes with a 15day trial but it really does a nice job cleaning up in the end. I've even had to resort to using some of the more dubious antispyware tools to get rid of really stubborn spyware these days. When will it end!?
Surprisingly, SAV 9 does an ok job detecting some of the malware files that are dynamically named. It would be nice if it would then delete them for you...but alas. I suppose they don't want to be responsible for deleting a seemingly randomly named dll or exe in ..\system32 just in case it might be an actual system file.
I've been having to RMA more and more "value" RAM lately. Some is bad...but some is just incompatible, whether its with the chipset on the motherboard or what I don't know. If a person sticks with trusted brands with good chips they seem to have better luck