What is the best anti-spyware software?
Please note that there are a HUGE number of so-called “anti-spyware” spoof programs out there that instead of removing the adware and spyware on your PC, install their own or try to stop real anti-spyware programs from working. Some of the most “popular” fake anti-spyware programs include: SpyAxe, Antivirus Gold, Spy Trooper, Spy Wiper, Spy Sheriff, Spy Falcon, PSGuard, PAL Spyware Remover, Spy Ban, Win Fixer, World Anti Spy and several others. Make sure you avoid the above programs – and before downloading any anti-spyware program, do some research on it beforehand in order to make sure it’s not fake. Some of the tested anti-spyware programs that work, include: • Spyware Doctor (free trial version, and one of the best) • Lavasoft Ad-aware (paid) • Spybot Search and Destroy (free) • Microsoft Anti-Spyware (paid), or • Norton Anti-Spyware (paid). Spyware Doctor also recently received “the best results overall” and gained top ranking of number 1 out of the 10 in a recent review by the to
“What is the Best Anti-Spyware Software?” Saturday April 7, 2007Spyware, part of what we call “malware” or “scumware”, is the stuff of nasty dust bunnies…the unwanted things that collect inside your computer as a fact of the life. The trouble is, this kind of dust bunny isactively malicious. Doing anything from spamming your inbox to hijacking your web browser to converting your machine into a zombie server…spyware is truly nasty. But the good news is that spyware and malware can be easily detected and cleaned if you install some good anti-spyware. After a battery of About.com tests, here are the five best anti-spyware products of 2007… Comments (1)See All Posts
