I use MSE, spybot (not resident), spyware terminator (not resident), SuperAntiSpyware (not resident) and winpatrol.
I really do not know why people espouse the virtues of Malwarebytes as Ive used it for a year or so and its not found a single item apart from that microsoft false one.
For example it helped this user:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/62226-whats-i-cant-delete.html
I used Norton, I used Hitman Pro and Malwarebytes for a long time.
They haven't found anything except the False Positives and the ones I expected them to find (test files) and only tracking cookies.
Should I get rid all of them? :sarc:
The fact that one is not getting infected and so nothing is detecten on his system doesn't always mean that AntiVirus or AntiMalware programs aren't working...
Did your other programs detect anything that was missed by Malwarebytes? For many users it was other way round. Malwarebytes detected malwares that was missed by many other scanners. That's why community usually recommends it as on-demand and rescue scanner. It has proven community experience.
I am not saying that it is the best scanner, but it's not rubbish aswell. It has enough detection rate to atleast recommend other people.
If person feels comfortable with only AV product, he doesn't need to install Malwarebytes AntiMalware or anything like this. It's just personal preference.
And this was just my views why people espouse the virtues Malwarebytes. Just because of community expeince of it on malware removal. And actually because they are really integrated with comunity, as far as I know most of their staff worked their way to the company through Support forums. That's the second reason why they have high community reputation
A-sqaured combines it's own Malware engine with Ikarus Anti Virus engine and Mamutu Behaviour Blocker.
So it creates really powerful scanner, I will recommend it.
But it's also known for a few False positives.
First link is A-sqaured AntiMalware which has real time protection, so don't use it with any other real time AV products. As A-Sqaured Anti Malware gives you AV protection aswell.
Second link is almost the same product but without real-time protection and Behaviour Blocker. So it is great choice as an on-demand scanner and can be used with real time AV products.
Should i use IObit360 or Ad-Aware
Which is the best?
IObit360 used to have great detection rate.
But then it came up that they were stealing Malwarebytes database and that's why they had great detection rate.
After some scandals it deleted Malwarebytes signatures from his database, so unfortunately now it's back to the mediocre detection rate.
in my opinion Iobit360 mostl built it's reputation while it had that good detection rate..
Adware, I think you mean from Lavasoft.
It used to be nice product a few years ago. But now all I hear about it that it's bloated and poor..
But all this conserining both Adware and IObit is purely my personal opinion and view. And I may be wrong and they may be really great products..
It was just my opinion on them..
