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Posted by PA Bear [MS MVP] on August 25, 2008, 5:23 pm
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1. Symantec has an agreement to acquire PC Tools so expect the application
to be history or ruined soon:
http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20080818_02
> Trend Micro
> AVG
> Mcafee
> Panda AV
> Avira
> Avast
> NOD32
> Norton
> Kapersky
2. NONE of the above are or include anti-spyware applications though some
are able to identify & remove hijackware. Many of them will block the
installation of hijackware or at least alert you to that fact that you're
installing something untoward (or it's attempting to install).
3. Even Spyware Doctor can't identify & remove all hijackware. Nothing
beats a good pair of eyes backed by intelligence and experience.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
Stevepppp@gmail.com wrote:
> Next to a clean windows refresh, there's only one method of removing
> anti-spy / antivirus
>
> Only one malware remover software worked for me and that was Spyware
> Doctor by PC Tools.
>
> Malware Remover Software (that I've tried)
>
> Spyware Doctor (PC Tools)
> Clean Refresh (reformat & start over)
> Trend Micro
> AVG
> Mcafee
> Panda AV
> Avira
> Avast
> NOD32
> Norton
> Kapersky
>
>
> Details
>
> Spyware Doctor
> Does the trick. Cheap, yet good. Bear in mind, that statement is valid
> right now. Who knows what the future holds.
>
> Clean Refresh
> You can bet that malware idiots will even outfox PC Tools someday
> soon. So the old clean refresh will become the number one again as it
> has for over a decade now. A clean refresh with a reformat, popping
> the battery on the motherboard is often the best and fastest choice.
>
> Trend Micro
> Takes a long time to scan your files and eats up resources only to
> leave a half dozen rogue software still affecting you. $49 per year.
> Save your money.
>
> AVG & Mcafee were always one of the better anti-malware software and
> still is, unfortunately, both are useless at removing today's latest
> greatest rogue malwares.
>
> Panda, Avira, NOD32, Avast - cheap, tiny & therefore useless.
>
> Norton, still the most overrated software company on the planet. I've
> had more headaches using Norton than the things it was meant to cure.
> Some of Norton's software in the packaged bundle is good; however not
> too much. Expensive, powerful, but defective.
>
> Kapersky was awful when it first came out, causing much more headaches
> than the actual virus' and spy software it was trying to kill. It's
> slllooowly improving over five years and counting. Expensive and
> resource hound.
>
> Here's what I do. I have two computers, a SAFE computer with all my
> work, everything I have is on it and it would take me hours to reset
> all the settings over again so I NEVER NEVER NEVER go online but to
> only a handful of sites I know to be malware free. The second PC is my
> ADVANTURE computer that I only use when testing unknown sites for the
> first time. The instant, I mean INSTANT, I get hit with malware, the
> thing gets turned off, I reformat and load a fresh copy of windows on
> that PC. Little time is lost. Best solution of all.
>
> Good luck and stay clean.
>
> Positive/negative feedback invited.
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