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

Specifications

Product eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware F-Secure Internet Security 2005 Ad-Aware SE Professional Edition
Vendor Computer Associates International F-Secure Corporation Nicolas Stark Computing AB
On demand scanning? Yes Yes Yes, through use of the drive mapping and UNC share support in the Professional edition
On access scanning? No No Yes, through use of the drive mapping and UNC share support in the Professional edition
Actions Scan memory, registry, tracking cookies, common hard disc locations where pests typically hide, individual files and folders All of those added with cookie blocking Extended disk (including mapped and optical drives), memory, Alternate Data Streams on NTFS, and registry scanning
Central management support Yes No Partial
Central notification/reporting support Yes No No
Supported O/S Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Win 98, Win ME, Win 2000 workstation, Win XP Windows platforms only (except W95, and NT3.5)

Specifications

Product McAfee AntiSpyware 2005 OfficeScan Corporate Edition v6.5 Websense Enterprise
Vendor McAfee Trend Micro Websense
On demand scanning? Yes Yes Yes
On access scanning? Yes Yes Yes
Actions Disk scan, registry scan, e-mail scan, on launch scan Yes, disk-scan (file scan) Prevents spyware from running on desktops, reports on desktops with spyware installed, prevents users from accessing Web sites infected with spyware
Central management support No Yes Yes
Central notification/reporting support No Yes Yes
Supported O/S Microsoft Windows XP Home, XP Pro, 2000 Pro, ME, 98 All Microsoft platforms including CE v3. Additional support for Palm OS v3 & 4, Psion Revo or Revo Plus Server components: Windows 2000, 2003; Client/desktop agent: Windows 98, XP, 2000, 2003

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    Nastyware - a collective descr ...Anonymous -- 16/11/04

    Nastyware - a collective descriptive term...

    You obviously have not seen th ...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

    Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05 (in reply to #120111444)

    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!

    eTrust Pest Patrol contains th ...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.

    Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05 (in reply to #120111608)

    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

    we use officescan 6.5 in our c ...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.

    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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