I would suggest that since AVG's Free version now includes their anti-spyware stuff, a home user is in pretty good shape with that. For business users who are buying AV anyway, buy one that has the AS stuff included - e.g. AVG, Vipre, etc.
In the FWIW dept, I have seen Defender sound off about things detected, so it's not 100% placebo. Maybe only 99%. ;) Carl -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? I have to disagree. The price of free is not worth the suckfest that you operate under the false-sense of security with. I've repaired enough compromised systems to validate the "free" price tag of anything. NOD32 and Spybot Search and Destroy (with TeaTimer running) FTW. If you are only going to run free stuff, dont use IE. Use Firefox with AdblockPlus and NoScript addons installed. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Troy Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK I realize we all hate Microsoft and that their products are the worst thing since losing the Gymnastics gold medal, but for the price of *FREE* Defender does a good job at finding and removing some malware. -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
