A notice for Spybot S&D users

Since some people sadly still insist on having this piece of SW installed and claim it adds protection for them, I found a review: Windows Defender vs. Spybot-Search & Destroy

Using 180 malware samples, I run an on-demand scan using both programs. Windows Defender able to detect 55 out of 180 malware files while [b]Spybot-S&D performs poorly by only detecting seven out of 180.[/b]

OK, so Spybot is 88% less effective than (already very ineffective) Windows Defender. Stop wasting your system resources with this one and spare yourself the perpetual conflicts of avast! and other real security tools with this poorly coded dinosaur. ;D ::slight_smile:

Said that all along… :wink:

No surprise since they only release a small update once a week ( every wednesday ) that is 52 updates a year
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/updatehistory/index.html

Superantispyware released 10 updates yesterday http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html
release history http://www.superantispyware.com/definitionupdatehistory.html click the link on top and you get the hole year

have no statistic on MBAM but my autoupdate is popping up every 2-3-4 hour

I’ve been saying it all along as well because we troubleshoot the people with conflicts with other security software not to mention that it doesn’t work as well as other products already mentioned.

Spybot used to be a very good program,some years ago.

R.I.P.

She does not like avast! Internet Security: ???
Avast Internet Security 2011 Review
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/reviews/112570.aspx

Of course she does kenny :wink:
Quote:
Avast Internet Security 6 is packed with new features but not quite useful to every user. The overall performance of the Avast Internet security suite is quite good. There is no system lag at all and the virus protection is now top-notch. It is highly recommended to PC users that prefer an easy to use Internet security program.

Apart from the fact that she failed to understand the SafeZone feature/design, I do not think she does not like it.

yep that’s just it, she didn’t get what it’s meant for.