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Published: Wednesday 16 February 2005
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Name
Patrick Archibald
Location
London
Occupation
ICT Technician
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A recent (10/04) study by Eric Howes, an instructor at the University of Illinois, showed that Giant AntiSpyware caught 63% of spyware, to 47% and 33% for Ad-Aware and SpyBot respectively. Having used Ad-Aware, I can say that this will report tracking cookies that the Giant/Microsoft software does not treat as spyware.
Howes recommended using at least two types of software in conjunction. The two top performing brands (Giant and Webroot Spy Sweeper(48%)) caught 70% of Spyware when used together. The full report is available from WindowsSecrets.com.
SpyBot and Lavasoft Ad Aware are excellent free sp...
Karen Challinor
In my opinion, MS Antispy is better, in my testing...
Liz N
I have been trying Lavasoft Ad Aware and MS on the...
Geoff Jones
A recent (10/04) study by Eric Howes, an instructo...
Patrick Archibald
Microsoft AntiSpyware did not catch any spyware on...
Anonymous
Use them ALL!
Greg
I've found that none of them do a complete job, an...
Scott M. Stolz
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