Windows Defender Enough?

[Joe]

The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

Joe wrote:
> The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
> to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?


It's usually a good idea to use multiple adware/spyware detectors, as
so single product seems to catch everything.


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[Joe]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

I downloaded Spybot S&D. I've been using it for years on XP but was a little
apprehensive about Vista. It seems to work great so far. Upon inital scan, it
caught some tracking cookies that Defender missed.
Thanks


"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> > The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
> > to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?
>
>
> It's usually a good idea to use multiple adware/spyware detectors, as
> so single product seems to catch everything.
>
>
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>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
>

 

[Engel]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

Hello Joe,

The simple answer is Spybot S&D is finding cookies and WD doesnt scan

for cookies as they are not a threat to your system and contain no code.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/search.aspx?=&qu=cookies
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"Joe" wrote:

> I downloaded Spybot S&D. I've been using it for years on XP but was a little
> apprehensive about Vista. It seems to work great so far. Upon inital scan, it
> caught some tracking cookies that Defender missed.
> Thanks
>
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
> > Joe wrote:
> > > The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
> > > to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?
> >
> >
> > It's usually a good idea to use multiple adware/spyware detectors, as
> > so single product seems to catch everything.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> >
> > Help us help you:
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
> >
> > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
> >

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:28:01 -0700, Joe
<Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be redundant
> to run Spybot S&D also?


No.


> Is it necessary?



Absolutely necessary? No. But running at least two anti-spyware
products is a very good idea.

Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on
Anti-Spyware products, states:

"No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the
best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one
quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See
http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm


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[Richard G. Harper]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.

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"Joe" <Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45B67894-B239-443F-B153-6F6E9D8F30DD@microsoft.com...
> The only spyware protection I am running is Defender. Would it be
> redundant
> to run Spybot S&D also? Is it necessary?

 

[Crazy Noddy]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
news:uHvVfVT3HHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
>both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.

On Vista I am only running Defender and Spybot S&D, also Ccleaner but that's
not anti-spyware software but it is a good idea to use it as it cleans out
all the crap. On my Win2K box though I have Adaware, Spybot, Spywareblaster,
SuperAntiSpyware, A-Sqaured, Ccleaner, MVP Hosts file, and use FF with
noscript plugin. That's my usual anti-spyware regime and it keeps me safe
and clean.

 

[Doug]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?


"Crazy Noddy" <SPAM@BLOCKER.ACTIVE> wrote in message
news:NnYvi.429168$LL7.378483@fe08.news.easynews.com...
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:uHvVfVT3HHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
>>both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.
>
> On Vista I am only running Defender and Spybot S&D, also Ccleaner but
> that's not anti-spyware software but it is a good idea to use it as it
> cleans out all the crap. On my Win2K box though I have Adaware, Spybot,
> Spywareblaster, SuperAntiSpyware, A-Sqaured, Ccleaner, MVP Hosts file, and
> use FF with noscript plugin. That's my usual anti-spyware regime and it
> keeps me safe and clean.

Webroot Spy Sweeper works fine with Vista. Recently Webroot Window Washer,
which was a favourite of mine under Windows XP, has become Vista compatible
too, doing a much better job than Vista's own Disk Cleanup. They work well
in tandem.

 

[Marjay]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

Just note that these products do not work on 64 bit Vista!!

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:51:26 +0100, "Doug"
<just_me@fake_address.replytogroup> wrote:

>
>"Crazy Noddy" <SPAM@BLOCKER.ACTIVE> wrote in message
>news:NnYvi.429168$LL7.378483@fe08.news.easynews.com...
>> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
>> news:uHvVfVT3HHA.4672@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I run two spyware protection products (Defender and another program) under
>>>both Vista and XP, and recommend that anyone do the same.
>>
>> On Vista I am only running Defender and Spybot S&D, also Ccleaner but
>> that's not anti-spyware software but it is a good idea to use it as it
>> cleans out all the crap. On my Win2K box though I have Adaware, Spybot,
>> Spywareblaster, SuperAntiSpyware, A-Sqaured, Ccleaner, MVP Hosts file, and
>> use FF with noscript plugin. That's my usual anti-spyware regime and it
>> keeps me safe and clean.
>
>Webroot Spy Sweeper works fine with Vista. Recently Webroot Window Washer,
>which was a favourite of mine under Windows XP, has become Vista compatible
>too, doing a much better job than Vista's own Disk Cleanup. They work well
>in tandem.

 

[Crazy Noddy]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

"Doug" <just_me@fake_address.replytogroup> wrote in message
news:urS5sKz3HHA.5724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Webroot Spy Sweeper works fine with Vista. Recently Webroot Window Washer,
> which was a favourite of mine under Windows XP, has become Vista
> compatible too, doing a much better job than Vista's own Disk Cleanup.
> They work well in tandem.
>


Yea, but those are not free progs. All the progs I listed are free and do
the job just as effectively. Ccleaner does a much better job than Vista's
disk cleanup, check it out.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

[Crazy Noddy]

Re: Windows Defender Enough?

"Marjay" <marjay@rr.com> wrote in message
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> Just note that these products do not work on 64 bit Vista!!

Spybot does if you get the latest beta and Ccleaner does too.