"http://security.kolla.de"http://security.kolla.de.
I have read there are two, SpyKiller and one other that use Spybot in
their advertisements to steal customers, and then hit them with a 'You
must pay to remove the detected spyware" message.
I have had absolutely no problems with the real SpyBot, it's a fast
program and seems to be regularly updated. I highly recommend it.
It doesn't hurt to run two, and I also have AdAware that I run
infrequently just in case.
Spybot is absolutely free, and was rated the best spyware removal tool
by PC Magazine in a review of 6 of the top tools.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Skinner
I'm trying to get my home computer defenses up to snuff. I've installed
a software firewall, I understand my linksys router has some hardware
firewall capability. I've got a new anti-virus package installed and
one anti-spyware program (Ad-Aware).
>From discussions on this list, it seems to be a good Idea to have a
couple of different anti-spyware packages available since one can't get
everything. I was thinking of also installing Spybot.
I went to cNet and downloaded a copy. I then looked through some of the
user comments on the sight. They are mostly positive (3-1), but the
negative comments are very adamant. I thought I would get some feedback
from this group before I install this software.
Has anybody here had a negative experience with Spybot? Would anybody
recommend not using it? The two main complaints on the cNet site seem
to be that one, Spybot installed some form of spyware on its own, and
two, that if one was not careful it would false positively identify
important system files as spyware which, once removed, cause at best
system instability at worse system unuseablity. Anybody experience
anything like this? Can anybody offer counter arguments to these in the
behalf of Spybot?
Any other recommendations on best of breed anti-spyware programs?
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