[pchelpers] Re: spybot


>
> Are you sure these problems happened without them instructing / allowing
> Spybot to delete these programs? Did they enable Spybot's real-time
> protection called TeaTimer? What programs were these?################# 
> Don't know about the first part Ek, but yest, they had Teatime running

BIlly
>
> Spybot is pretty useless nowadays except maybe to clean up an infected
> computer after having used other antispyware programs to check that
> these didn't miss anything. More info:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spybot_-_Search_%26_Destroy#Reviews_and_awards
>
> "Spybot's skill at cleaning up malware-infested systems is mediocre, and
> it has almost no ability to protect a clean system. Back in its heyday
> it was deservedly popular, but that day has long passed. For modern
> threats you'll need a modern spyware protector."
> quoted from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2282701,00.asp



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