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spyware terminator with av

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by gghartman, 2008/08/18.

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    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    was doing some looking on the web and spyware terminator has no put an av protection in their software. pcmag and cnet rate it pretty darn good. was wondering if anyone has played with this or done any testing on it.

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    Evan Omo

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    I have used Spyware Terminator for a few years and I really enjoy it. It is free and I find it has good protection as well as an immunization feature for Intenet Explorer. The Clam AV Integration is a nice feature since when it scans your computer for malware ST checks for spyware, adware and viruses. I personally haven't tested how good it is at removing mlaware since my computer has never been infected by anything. I would try it out and recommend it as a good security program. ;)
     
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    Evan Omo - i appreciate your feedback.

    the clam av does it scan emails coming in or is another av program needed ??
     
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    Evan Omo

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    No I dont think so. ST just scans your harddrive for any malware, so it doesn't have any e-mail protection. If you need e-mail protection then I would try another AV with e-mail protection. But regardless I would try the program out and see if you like it or not.
     
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    Hi Greg, Evan

    Yes I have and Spyware terminator also. It is as good as most! Just remember what one misses another may find.

    And Evan this is another one that can be Portablized.

    Install it normally, then copy the Sypware Terminator folder to a USB flash drive and it will do all including updating from the Flash drive.

    Mike
     
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    thanks guys i guess the new version advertising itself as spyware terminator with antivirus is a little miss leading then.

    am testing on one of my test machines but will need to still use my other protective programs.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    Ok cool Mike. I'll keep those programs on my Flash drive in case I need to run them on a clients infected computer. BTW I tested Xclean Micro with UAC off and it worked. So UAC is the culprit in Vista which prevents Xclean from running.

    gghartman, hopefully you will like ST.
     
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