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Posted by Victek on June 15, 2008, 8:50 pm
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> Used Spyware Terminator to clean a pc, it worked very well because the
> collection of trojans, etc, had made updating impossible with any other
> antimalware product [that I know of]. This product worked so well because
> its smaller footprint allowed it to function in an environment where the
> machine was overloaded with multiple av products, all kinds of updaters,
> and
> many unnecessary stuff resident in memory. Only 7.5mb for installer, 7.5
> mb
> for update. It took me a week of scanning, rebooting, trying different
> approaches to get it where it is now.
>
> I have a question for you : do you use the ST resident [not resident
> protection] portion? Or do you load it only when you want to do an on
> demand
> scan?
>
> Which AV do you use? What does it do that the AS ST doesn't other than
> email
> scanning. Or does ST somehow do email scans aswell?
>
> --
> tommy
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>
Currently I'm using Kaspersky AV 2009, which is a combination AV and AS, so
I don't feel the need to turn ON Spyware Terminator's real-time shield.
KAV2009 seems very comprehensive, but my system is clean so I can't say from
experience that it's more effective than Spyware Terminator. I use ST
regularly when cleaning up other people's computers because it will work in
SAFE mode, it's Quick Scan is very fast, and (of course) it's free. It's
not for everybody though, because many people cannot handle the alerts. If
you're comfortable evaluating the alerts then I think ST is a strong
product, especially with the HIPS feature enabled (it's OFF by default). I
would not use the Clam AV option, because I don't think it's as effective as
other free AV's, e.g. AVG, Avast! and Avira. I think you're correct that ST
does not have an email scanner, but traditionally that's a function that
AV's provide (the free AV's all have email scanners). You can definitely
use ST just for "on demand" scanning. It installs a driver though which
loads even if the shield is disabled and that bothers some people.
Personally I don't think that's a reason to not use it. For "on demand"
scanning I would also recommend SuperAntiSpyware Free. It's Quick Scan is
not as fast as ST, but no AS or AV can catch everything so multiple tools
are needed. Hope this helps.
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