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Spyware Terminator Or Avg Antispyware?

#1 User is offline   bizzle 

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 03:03 AM

Well, im going to download a good antispyware program besides spybot and ad aware foractching trojans and such, and im just wondering which of those 2 i should try? Iv been hearing great things from spyware terminator lately but everybody always raves about avg antispyware.

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 03:17 AM

AVG Anti-spyware free version is an excellent program to have as on on-demand scanner. From what I've read, Spyware Terminator - there is a rogue version that is very bad by the way so be sure that you DO NOT get that one - is quite good at real-time protection, but not so hot as an on-demand scanner. One of our members is currently testing this program out.

I'd suggest looking through this topic for several free applications.

Basic rules of thumb:

Use 1 Anti-virus as more than one creates many problems and may make your computer more vulnerable.

Use several on-demand anti-spyware programs as one will catch what others won't.

Use 1 firewall as more than one will make your computer less secure and may cause other problems.

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Posted 03 December 2006 - 11:13 AM

Install both of them, and then taste them, use the one who correspond with your character.
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