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Is microsoft antispyware enough?

Feb 15, 2005 3:20PM PST

I just installed it and it found no spyware on my system. Spybot found a dso exploit, and several other things like advertising.com etc. I used it before and my registry went nuts and I had to repartition my harddrive and install xp all over again. I'm not sure whether or not I should try fixing these problems. And if Microsoft antispyware didn't find what spybot found, is it inadequate?

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No
Feb 15, 2005 11:10PM PST

As an anti-spyware, it "may" be, but it is under beta testing so it is early days yet. Best to stay with Spybot , (and be carful what you tell it to delete in future), and also use SpywareBlaster that compliments Spybot.

Also, do you have a firewall? Do you have any anti-virus software? Do you have any anti-adware software?

Mark

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Hi
Feb 16, 2005 12:57AM PST

I have norton antivirus 2004, zonealarm, and lavasoft ad-aware.

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Rob, its not enough but...
Feb 16, 2005 2:28AM PST

Microsoft Antispyware Beta is a good start. You need some others for checks as well. I have had excellent experience with the Beta version... mine checks daily and auto updates frequently.

I see Bill Gates announced yesterday that it is to remain free to valid O/S versions after the final version is released... which as I recall is July 1st. Happy

Safe computing!

Glenn