Which security program is better?

Question

Spybot Search and Destory/Ad Aware SE Persoal


VS........

Windows Defender

I use Windows Live One Care which insists that i dl it

Answer 1

A combination of Spybot Search and Destory & Ad Aware SE Personal. They are completely compatible with one another. Just don't run them both at the same time. I always run Spybot then Ad Aware, because Spybot runs a lot quicker, but Ad Aware finds more spyware. Windows defender is known to cause problems, however, so definitely don't use that.

Answer 2

i used to use Ad Aware SE Persoal. but i would never vote for spybot as it shows their competitors as spyware and erases legal programs. that's a shame, spybot could be great programs as it's free and catches most of parasites.

Answer 3

For your Anti-Adware and Anti-Spyware needs...............

Pick and choose at least 2 anti-spywares from the list below and alternate scanning with them on a regular basis. New spywares are created literally hourly, so no single anti-spyware can really detect all malware. Have at least 2 on hand and alternate scanning with each every few days or so. All are free. All can remove as well as detect.

Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

Ewido:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Adaware SE:
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

A-Squared:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

SUPERAntiSpyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Windows Defender:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Unfortunately, many "paid for" anti-spyware products are in fact either of limited usefulness or downright scams. When in doubt, look at the list of rogue anti-spyware solutions listed here:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Answer 4

There's no need to compare them because they all coexist together on the same PC. They're all free unlike Window One Care.