a-squared has an aggressive false positive detection and a very poor restoration eficacy (specially on Registry restoration). Well, my personal opinion and experience.
Windows Defender has a poor detection rate (imho).
Detection rate wasn’t among the best ones.
Yes it did say that, I wouldn’t have said it otherwise.
At that time S&D did have an immunisation function, again I wouldn’t have posted it if it didn’t have an immunisation function. I wouldn’t have been able to select Immunisation to be informed by Spybot S&D that I have spywareblaster installed which at that time had better immunisation.
“spywareblaster… which at that time had better immunisation”
Does that mean you now consider the opposite to be the case?
(Certainly, SBotS&D no longer advises that S’Blaster gives better immunisation, but information on this is a bit thin…)
s.
No, it means exactly what it said “at that time,” I no longer have S&D installed, so I can’t make any comparison. In any case it wasn’t I who made the comparison but S&D when you clicked the Immunise function, I never compared anything.
(I received an email on 2-5-8 at 5:54 saying that Alan has replied me but I don’t see the answer, why dissappeard?) ???
Hey boys ! still alive! ;D
Its difficult to respond 4 or more forims and surfing at the same time !
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Lately other things has damaged in my house besides of my pc: bath, switch, boiler and the motorbike (again). I dont know if my electric installation has damaged or someone simply cursed me. Is for all of this that takes me so much time to reply here (and for Im spanish! 
im always repairing things!
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Well, ill start with tarq: you are right, wear a condom its not guarantee, you can get pubic lice. But lets stop talk about it, it starts itching me all…
Fortunately I dont use IM and I use yahoo web and the avirus embedded to download the email attachments. I dont like tweaking the PC, can be broken down? Optimizers can overclock CPU? as well as internet what parts of PC optimizers improve?
to spyderspyder: is not fair that you talk like this of Spybot. It warned me of the override of firewall windows (I don’t know why Windows don’t warned me). I don’t touch never the registry feature and never damaged the registry. BTW spybot warns about it. In fact when starts program under the Spybot logo appear: use it under your responsability (in spanish). I use CCleaner for cleaning registry and never dameged anything.
How can you say that Superantispyware free is better than Spybot if dont have
Real-Time Blocking? http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
A-Squared free neither prevent against malware, only scans and remove it: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/compare/
WHATS THE USE OF AN ANTISPYWARE IF DONT PREVENT THAT SPYWARE ENTER IN OUR COMPUTER?
Windows Defender is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Windows and needs a validation. I dont have an origianl windows so i cant download it. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=435BFCE7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en
So seems that my only choice is use Spybot?
Windows firewall is good as far as it goes, but:
- it only stops stuff getting in; it allows outgoing traffic (and interaction between programs) without question ;
- it freely allows other programs to turn it off without warning (eg, ZoneAlarm)!YEAH programs or virus,cause in othe pc the firewall XP was disabled for someone or soemthing. Iaws 1 week analyzing with avast and adawre (sucks) and anything was founded. Then I downl istall and run Spybot and first detect: [b]antiviruas and firewall override[/b] so I thank for it. Im thinking in the f***ing ballons of windows notifications. Always annoying every x minutes saying (like now) [i]espacio de disco insuficiente[/i]! free space insufficient? and DONT ALERT ME OF SO MUCH IMPORTANT THING LIKE THE OVERRIDE OF HIS DAMNED FIREWALL!!! Whats de use of the notif ballons then??? ??? >:(
tech
a-squared has an aggressive false positive detection and a very poor restoration eficacy (specially on Registry restoration). Well, my personal opinion and experience. Windows Defender has a poor detection rate (imho).its like the antivirus spanish panda. Some aVirus bosats of detect more vrus than others and most of them are [i]false positive[/i]s. Do you know/used Panda?
davidr
sorry but my english is very basic as you can see : I dont understand that:
I wouldn’t have been able to select Immunisation to be informed by Spybot S&D that I have spywareblaster installed which at that time had better immunisation.So spybot is aying that spywareblaster is better for inmjnisation? Let’s see, when we click inmunisation activates Tea Timer, the resident module ? (probably I ve to post this on spybot forum). BTW you say this on Spybot forum? Cuse avast now have antispy can I deactivate Real Time protection on Spybot?
THANK YOU ALL !!
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omg! 3 days to write this!
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Could I ve replied to 2 but I prefer answer all at same time.I find it very difficult posting here cause this is tech english and I consulted wordreference tranlator dozens of times! but is worth of it → 
Well, ill start with tarq: you are right, wear a condom its not guarantee, you can get pubic lice. But lets stop talk about it, it starts itching me all.. Fortunately I dont use IM and I use yahoo web and the avirus embedded to download the email attachments. I dont like tweaking the PC, can be broken down? Optimizers can overclock CPU? as well as internet what parts of PC optimizers improve?You started the analogy ;D Optimizers will not overclock the CPU. You have to do that yourself, I think at a BIOS or even hardware level. I think it's done by fooling the CPU into thinking you use a lower voltage than you really do. Optimizers will look at your configuration and make some changes. Did you try the "repair" option in AWC? (Re the screenshot you posted.) Try it. Have it set a restore point first, so you can undo any changes.
Re Spybot and immunize…slecting “immunize” does not turn the Teatimer on. That is a separate switch.
I recall a Spybot “firewall override” detection in the past, long ago, and it was nothing to worry about, if I remember correctly. You should search the Spybot forum or ask about that there.
It all sounds very complicated, but it isn’t, really. Just pick a good AV (Avast), a good two way firewall, a demand AS scanner (SAS), and not too many immunizations. Just use one program to immunize. And maybe a hosts file. (Google for it. I use the MVPS hosts file.Good information and regularly updated.) Keep it simple, first, then add layers, if you find you need them. It is actually more dangerous to have a lot of different security applications that you don’t understand, than 3 that you do.
Hey, Gero.
"sorry but my english is very basic as you can see… omg! 3 days to write this! "
It is many, many times better than my Spanish (and probably of most people in my country, where we are very bad for not learning other languages). So for me you have no need to apologise.
You (and other non English-speaking members) should be applauded for the time and effort so many of you obviously make to contribute.
Regards,
s.
My experience of Spybot is from the previous version, so I can’t say what it is like now. With that older version if you selected immunization and Spybot detected you had SpywareBlaster installed it made reference to use spywareblaster’s immunization. I don’t know what the current version does if it detects you have spywareblaster.
I don’t think you need disable S&D’s TeaTimer because of avast’s anti-spyware function. The only reason I would disable it is if there were known problems between the two programs and that doesn’t appear to be the case.
Hi,
Noticed quite a few members mention “Threatfire” across the bottom of their entered topics?
I am also using the “Free” version of this program!
Suggest you do have read of this program as works exceptionally OK with Avsat
You will be amazed what it will find with it’s “Full Scan”.
Web Site
http://www.threatfire.com/
Regards
[From Australia]
whoa more than 1000 views!!
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im feel imporatnt!
The screenshot I post was of a forum,not mine. I dint install AWC yet. When I click on immunize spybot Firefox , Seamonkey (suite) and IE cookies appear but I dont know what it do. Block em?
hosts file? windows dont have one? I read this wiki but i d know what exactly to do with this file… :-. What you do ? An d what is MVPS ? I search in googl but only found Most Valuable Person…mmm Tech? ;D
Keep it simple, first, then add layers, if you find you need themIm messed up.. ???
Whats your country spyderspyder? I dont deserve to be applauded cause i only contributed one time with a post other than mine. Im making this effort cause my pc is infected (1month-see other post) and I want to desinfect it and in this post i want to know things about avast (spy). : Thanks for it but I consider that those who help and support people with trouble (like Tech and all of you ;)) should be applauded as you really contributes (is correct?) to this forum. Makin tutorials and FAQs too. At least this forim is not czech or german! 
OK David!
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Maybeok can you tell me where the hell is spoken of that threatfire here?
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Have you used spybot? Is not bad use 2 avs at same time? I dont underatand what appears in the web you post: Automatic updates (when opted in to ThreatFire Community) http://www.threatfire.com/download
Gero, if your PC is actually infected, you need to fix that first, talk about the different applications later.
How do you know it is infected?
What is the name of the infection?
What program told you of the infection?
PS.
What I mean is do one thing at a time. The “one thing” now, is to find and remove the infection. (All I see in your other post is warning messages, nothing definite.)
–Don’t add another AV. (Now or ever.)
–Don’t start playing with Spybot’s settings, nor SpywareBlaster.
–Don’t add anything.
Just answer the three questions in my post above.
Obvious, when I click on one icon or folder of desktop thwe oicons disappear and the task bar too and then appear . 
I dont know what the name of the infection as Avast dont detect it. I was thinking to post in the other post but as you answered me I answered you…Im tired of figthing against this virus, never <i got infected more than a month and seems this mfcker seems dont want to leave… :-\ Im demoralized…
Ill go to the other post but if you want you can answer me to the prevous questions I did here.
Did you follow Tech’s advice in reply#2 of your other thread to scan with Superantispyware?
Until something (and infection) with a name and file path is detected, we can’t even be sure you have a virus (or trojan/worm/etc)
Your computer behaviour could be due to other things. Files deleted or changed etc.
So to make a diagnosis and repair, an infection name is needed.
Avast hasn’t detected anything, and you are concentrating too much on the possibility of the virus being in an archive file. It cannot run from an archive file. Don’t worry about them (zip/rar etc.)
So try a scan with Superantispyware and see if it detects anything. (It also contains a toolkit that may be useful if needed, later.)
Spybot and Spywareblaster comments
These two are complimentary- actually very little overlap
Spywareblaster is known for its ActiveX protection for internet explorer
Immunize from Spybot is not big on ActiveX
There is also a BIG ActiveX baddies file with PC Tools Spyware Doctor
Hosts File- I also use MVPS but there are others- a must IMHO
TWO way firewall- also a must
If using IE also consider IE-spyadds to add a restricted zone baddies list unless your favorite program also does it
All programs have false positives- I have had very few from A-squared, Spybot, Counterspy
more from other programs