spybot vs MSE vs threatfire..which one is better

smarteyeball said:

richc46 said:

common sense

This is the best defense overall.

Common sense and "safe-browsing" habits are nothing but a false sense of security when alone.

However, when combined with proactive security software of the right kind, they'll make you much more secure.

gamepoint said:

i need to install an anti-spyware program..and what do u guys here recommend?
spybot S&D has tea-timer which provides registry protection...

ok, you said you need anti-spyware programm. but you are giving us programs from 3 different categories.
So there is no way to judge it

Spybot S&D - Anti Spyware program used to be good one in the past. But in opinion it's too weak now...
MSE - It's more of a AV program. Of cource it also offers Anti-Spyware aswell (the same do all other AV products and all of them claim they will offer trojan protection aswell).
And yes, they do. but again they are not specialised programs, they just do general things and try to catch all types of malware (whatever it is: virus, spyware, rootkit, trojan or backdoor)
ThreatFire - it's just a behaviour blocker. It will sit on your system and block suspicious behaviour. So, that's it. It's in a way general program too. It will try to block any types of malware, but just by guessing from their behaviour.

So as I already mentioned. There is no way for us to judge them. They are from three different categories..

I installed ThreatFire on a brand new system with MSE. It immediately made a scan and "found" 56 "serious" threats and suggested I buy Spyware Doctor to remove them. That made me suspicious and sounded like some of those pushy trojans that want to sell you crap programs. I immediately uninstalled ThreatFire. For me it is a mild form of a trojan.

I have been running Avast with relative confidence, and using Malwarebytes to scan for spyware.

I thought I would give MSE a try but should I uninstall Avast first, or will it not interfere?

Or would you say that Avast is the better choice and don't make the change?

thx
Don

dpnaugle said:

I have been running Avast with relative confidence, and using Malwarebytes to scan for spyware.

I thought I would give MSE a try but should I uninstall Avast first, or will it not interfere?

Or would you say that Avast is the better choice and don't make the change?

thx
Don

Yes, you should uninstall Avast first. Never run 2 security suites together.

thanx all for the reply...i think i will now move to threatfire