[PCWorks] Ad-Aware SE update [was Re: Question on spyware.]
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:06:45 -0500
Clint you can download the SE update here
http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip
Peter Kaulback
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com &
ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
> Look at this crap:
>
> "Cons: I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO disappointed that Lavasoft has
> stopped updates on Ad-Aware SE Personal and forced everyone
> (just like Microsoft does) to update to ..." (I'm sure the rest
> of that was ...."the new slow worthless version").
>
> And I can't find the rest of it. So having SE is pointless.
> http://www.download.com/3405-8022-5153545.html
>
> We need to inundate them with complaints. These jerks have
> destroyed what could be the best anti-malware program out
> there.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LarryB"
>
>
> I having the same trouble with the new version of Ad-aware plus
> it takes
> forever to scan. It also gets to a point during the scan and
> the bar
> just stops and sits there, then finally moves on. Actually Spy
> Sweeper
> is considerable faster that this new version.
> I didn't save the SE version so can't reinstall.
> Thanks for the input.
>
> LarryB
> K & L Electronics
> South Carolina
>
> Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing. com &
> ComputersCustomBuilt. com wrote:
> You should be using ALL that you can find. Like AV software,
> just one isn't going to find EVERYTHING there is to find. I
> just a bunch of different ones and there is always one of them
> that will find something all the other will miss, and that
> "one" will change every time.
>
> I haven't come across any sites that offer real-time testing, I
> guess you could put them all on a PC and then go to all sorts
> of bad websites to get infections, run them all and see how
> they work. But you'd have to do that dozens of times at dozens
> of different bad sites to get all kinds of different malware.
>
> Personally I've never been too high on SpySweeper. Not free,
> takes forever to run, and hasn't found anything that SpyBot or
> AdAware never found.
> -Clint
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LarryB"
>
> I have been using Ad-aware and had an opportunity to try Spy
> Sweeper. I
> would like your opinion of Spy Sweeper. Also how can one test
> these
> products?
>
> Thanks
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