RE: Spyware program
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:45:11 -0400
Chris,
in my opinion the best anti-spyware, and the most accessible, are no
longer the same product.
I can't tell you how impressed I am with a product called prevx (which
can be downloaded from http://prevx.com ).
I had read about it in an article which discussed stealth rootkit
malware, and how right now, prevx was the only product which could
detect a particular class of these called master boot record rootkits
(sometimes called mebroot viruses).
prevx however is not very accessible; you must move the jaws cursor
around to read the screen or make choices.
I am running it in conjunction with avg. frequently avg says there are
no detectible threats, and prevx finds one or more. I did have a
rootkit virus which it eliminated, after avg told me I was threat free.
(also, windows defender told me I was threat free).
prevx is not free, and I know along with accessibility, that's important
to a lot of people on this list. well, the version which removes threat
costs money; the version which just scans and tells you when it finds
one is free.
I think running several at once is the best defense, although it's hard
on cpu and disk resources, especially so for laptop or notebook users.
I just wanted to give this a mention.
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris C.
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:23 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Spyware program
>
> Hi all,
> I am using Jaws 10, and I was just wondering what was the
> best spy ware
> program out there. On last account, Ad-aware was no longer
> accessible with
> Jaws.
> Any help with this would be appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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