Who's spying on you? 6 anti-spyware apps tested

  Spyware
  CA eTrust PestPatrol
  F-Secure
  Lavasoft Ad-Aware
  McAfee AntiSpyware
  Trend Micro OfficeScan
  Websense

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  1. Nastyware - a collective descriptive term... Anonymous -- 16/11/04

    Nastyware - a collective descriptive term...

  2. You obviously have not seen the very recent advice from Pest Patrol, which now is no longer supported, but has been replaced (free of charge to current users) with a new Spyware called "Counterspy". I have had it installed for about a week and a Anonymous -- 20/12/04

    You obviously have not seen the very recent advice from Pest Patrol, which now is no longer supported, but has been replaced (free of charge to current users) with a new Spyware called "Counterspy". I have had it installed for about a week and although I was happy with Pest patrol, Counterspy does have a number of improved features
    Ken Hillier

    1. Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05

      Tosh and nonsense, CA are announcing a new version of PestPatrol to be released soon and have incorporated the product into the new Integrated Threat Manager which has both a/v and Anti-Spyware. I sit on the CA Advisory Council as a UK memeber so I should know!) You are not by chance an old PestPatrol Reseller who now sells Counterspy are you Ken? Very cheap swipe at CA Ken, very cheap indeed!

  3. eTrust Pest Patrol contains the virus Win32.Bagle.4.Gen@mm. Everytime the program updates it re-download the same virus. Buyer beware on this application. Anonymous -- 26/12/04

    eTrust Pest Patrol contains the virus Win32.Bagle.4.Gen@mm. Everytime the program updates it re-download the same virus. Buyer beware on this application.

    1. Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05

      Yes, and what is more the tooth fairy met with Santa yesterday to discuss leaving a tube of Flouride Toothpaste under the pillow of everyone in the World on Saturday Night! Come on, lets not get silly here. You really think the World's 3rd largest Software Company ships a virus in it's products? hmmm

  4. we use officescan 6.5 in our company and even though i've followed all the steps to make sure that the spyware part of officescan is active, we still get spywares! most notable is those spywares like gator.b, gator.c. i'm the network administrat Anonymous -- 28/02/05

    we use officescan 6.5 in our company and even though i've followed all the steps to make sure that the spyware part of officescan is active, we still get spywares! most notable is those spywares like gator.b, gator.c.

    i'm the network administrator and i'm thinking of dumping officescan for a better one.

  5. readability blind bob -- 27/12/05

    black ink on a dark blue background. Good job!

    AND it never tells me my comment was submitted!

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