www.2-spyware.com reviewed 68 AntiSpyware programs and tested them against the most common spyware/adware programs. Here is the Top 15 results. Te percentage is determined on how they can prevent, detect and remove spyware/adware.
01. PC Tools Spyware Doctor 91%
02. Webroot SpySweeper 89%
03. Sunbelt's CounterSpy 84%
04. Spybot S&D with Tea Timer 83%
05. Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE Pro 82%
06. Ewido AntiSpyware 80%
07. Microsoft Windows Defender 79%
08. Ashampoo AntiSpyware 78%
09. SUPERAntiSpyware 77%
10. eTrust Pestpatrol 75%
11. ZoneAlarm AntiSpyware 74%
12. Win Patrol 73%
13. Spy Hunter 72%
14. X-Cleaner 70%
15. Ad-Protect 69%
The rest of the 68 programs scored less than 69% at detecting and removing spyware/adware. This includes TrendMicro AntiSpyware, McAfee AntiSpyware and Norton AntiSpyware.
However, SpywareBlaster (freeware by Javacool Software) was able to prevent 70% of the spyware/adware from installing. And HijackThis was able to list 80% of the spyware/adware installed.
For Anti-Trojan software, Trojans not detected by Anti-Virus software.
Trojan Hunter scored the best and Ewido AntiSpyware scored second. Other Anti-Trojan software didn't do very well on the tests.
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ZoneAlarm made my computer freeze upon boot. That sucked.
Now stop being so freaking nice, and buy a stun gun. - Krell
Dont trust this site at all, his tests are bullshit.
First clue: 2-spyware.com sounds like a shady name.
Second clue: As soon as I saw TrojanHunter score as #1, l I knew there was something not right about it.
Third clue: Googling things. This guy is scum.
Whois info reveals domain registered to "Ugnius Kiguolis"
Googling that name reveals this page: http://www.webhelper4u.com/nontransp...files_com.html
That page details the fact that the owner also pushes spyware on his own websites.
He also gets into an argument with people who linked his sites together here:
http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.p...opic=268&st=30
He also owns:
2-brides.com
2-downloads.com
2-files.com
2-rentals.com
2-software.com
A-female-escorts.com
A-london-escorts.com
Esperonus.com
J-webdesigns.com
Kiguolis.com
R-creations.com
Scaffold-trade.com
Tarela.us
My security guide @ Zeropaid
Unless you are the following people, I do not particularly wish to associate with you:
Krell, HelenaP, mountain_rage, mfgbypooter, Mels_Smileys45, excrement_cranium.
That's it for now. This list will be updated whenever I feel like it.
I don't agree with what this guy does with his websites, however the tests are pretty much correct.Originally Posted by Malakai1911
Out of all of the reviews that I have read on Anti-Trojan software, they all agree that TrojanHunter is the best. http://www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com/
Most of the other AntiSpyware software reviews also pretty much go along with his test results except for most other websites will not review freeware software and he does.
But most websites do agree that the top softwares include:
Spyware Doctor
SpySweeper
CounterSpy
Ad-Aware SE
Spybot S&D
Windows Defender
Pestpatrol
SpywareBlaster
HijackThis
Most either list SpySweeper or Spyware Doctor at the top.
There is no way to know what is the best to use, but these results can help you make a choice.
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Your second link didnt perform tests very well, bonus points if you can figure out why.
Hint: Tested products against 16 trojans.
Read this review: http://av-comparatives.org/seiten/er...report2006.pdf
My security guide @ Zeropaid
Unless you are the following people, I do not particularly wish to associate with you:
Krell, HelenaP, mountain_rage, mfgbypooter, Mels_Smileys45, excrement_cranium.
That's it for now. This list will be updated whenever I feel like it.
That's a real nice review except they didn't review Trojan Hunter. It gave Ewido 73% which almost agrees with other reviews that I've read. But the other reviews gave Trojan Hunter 87%. I can't believe they left Trojan Hunter out of the reviews.
I do agree that AV-comparatives have some of the best reviews. I just wished that would review AntiSpyware products. And they need to review Trojan Hunter, which I do believe is the best Anti-Trojan program.
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Yeah, the problem is they did review TrojanHunter. And it scored under 20%, which is why mischel internet security (makers of TH) asked to not have their results disclosed.
If they didnt want the results made public, I can only assume it was a deplorable performance.
(Read the report again, and you'll see that)
My security guide @ Zeropaid
Unless you are the following people, I do not particularly wish to associate with you:
Krell, HelenaP, mountain_rage, mfgbypooter, Mels_Smileys45, excrement_cranium.
That's it for now. This list will be updated whenever I feel like it.
Ok, I see it now. But it's kind of strange that TrojanHunter did so bad on their tests and all the other reviews it did excellent. The testing methods must be much different.
Just like the test results for Ewido are excellent only on this test result and most of the rest say it isn't affective for spyware or trojans. But I believe it is to early to get good test results for Ewido and a-squared because they are just too new. Ewido is an excellent product.
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I use numbers 2,4,5, and 11. All work great with no complaints.
As for ZoneAlarm it conflicts with a certain baby bells ISP software (SBC/Yahoo fucktards) that can cause the program to freeze. Why? SBC/Yahoo package randomly accesses the internet for no apparent reason and acts as a server. ZoneAlarm does not normally allow this and the SBC's shit software doesn't know what to do when it's blocked and crashes. You can avoid this by "not" installing SBC spyware/software and simply using your username/password with windows built in client.
I recommend the ZoneAlarm Suite as it is very light on resources and quick to install (compared to the Norton jackoff's suite). It also has much,much,much fewer bugs and has never asked me to reinstall everything at random like norton.
i agree with dwaftbaby zonealarm security suite works a treat along with spyware doctor,ad-aware se pro,winpatrol.counterspy
Many reviews are biased are bought and paid for by the very companies that are being reviewed. It's like the old saying, don't believe everything you hear...especially on the internet.
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Alright, thread was bumped so I figure I'll reply now.
Ewido has been around a long time. a-squared has been around a long time. TrojanHunter has been around a long time.
At one time I considered each piece of software on its merits. If you had an archived copy of my security guide, you can see I've even reccomended TrojanHunter at one time... highly reccomended, in fact. But the fact of the matter is when you stack it up against other software, it gets burned.
My security guide @ Zeropaid
Unless you are the following people, I do not particularly wish to associate with you:
Krell, HelenaP, mountain_rage, mfgbypooter, Mels_Smileys45, excrement_cranium.
That's it for now. This list will be updated whenever I feel like it.
It's tough to tell how effective things are. Some anti-spyware programs show something like Bearshare Pro as spyware, and include every registry entry. Some trojan programs include spyware definitions while others focus on trojans and worms only. As a result, 1 program might find 100 things that other programs don't, but none of the things are either legit or what that program is supposed to concentrate on.
i agree with napho, there's no 1 spyware app that does it all. Best 2 av 2 or 3 i reckon...
I totally agree, some Ant-Spyware programs get a higher review because they detect more spyware, but most of the time it's just a bunch of FALSE Positives.
Out of the list here:
01. PC Tools Spyware Doctor 91%
02. Webroot SpySweeper 89%
03. Sunbelt's CounterSpy 84%
04. Spybot S&D with Tea Timer 83%
05. Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE Pro 82%
06. Ewido AntiSpyware 80%
07. Microsoft Windows Defender 79%
08. Ashampoo AntiSpyware 78%
09. SUPERAntiSpyware 77%
10. eTrust Pestpatrol 75%
11. ZoneAlarm AntiSpyware 74%
12. Win Patrol 73%
13. Spy Hunter 72%
14. X-Cleaner 70%
15. Ad-Protect 69%
I have used, (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10).
The ones with the least number of False positives were (2, 4, 5, 7).
The one with the most False positives was 10, followed by 6, then 9, and then 3.
Some of the reviews are only based on the number of spywares that are found counting all of the false positives which makes the reviews not valid.
If you use a Anti-Spyware program like Pestpatrol, it's most likely that it will found more spywares then all of the rest. But most are just False positives and some even important files and registry keys that you need.
It's really not worth having a program like this unless you want to closely look at everything it's found and select what to keep. However it sometimes will found real spyware that the others will not detect. Ewido AntiSpyware, SUPERAntiSpyware and a-squared also detect too many false positives but also can detect real spyware/trojans that the others will not detect.
Spywares & Trojans are real tricky and there itsn't a single program that will detect them all. But I prefer to use a programs with the least number of False positives.
I really don't like the idea where my printer, my monitor and my keyboard drivers, clean P2P clients and important operating system files get detected as spyware/trojans. This really could do more damage removing these kind of false positives then what the spyware/trojans would do themselves.
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