Cleaning up my mom's computer...

Jaden · **Posted:** April 27th, 2008, 5:47 pm

It currently has 4 different spyware removal programs, which include:

Spyware Doctor
Windows Live OneCare
SpywareBlaster
Spybot - Search & Destroy

I must keep Windows Live OneCare because it's part of the whole program that cost money to have, but out of the other three which two should I remove?

Adbot · **Posted:** April 27th, 2008, 5:47 pm

Chief Snake · **Posted:** April 28th, 2008, 12:21 am

Spyware Doctor and SpywareBlaster. Never heard of either of them before.
Spybot is all you need.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Doctor finds it's own things that it puts there, as I have found when I installed a while ago. I no longer use Spyware Blaster, due to the fact S&D has more definitions.

Don't forget about AdAware

naphtali14 · **Posted:** April 30th, 2008, 6:16 am

Spybot search and destroy is the best.. And its free.. The future is opensource ;-)

jrdgames · **Posted:** April 30th, 2008, 3:24 pm

You should remove:
Spyware Doctor
SpywareBlaster

They are not as good as the other two and probably install spyware or adware or malware.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

jrdgames wrote:

You should remove:
Spyware Doctor
SpywareBlaster

They are not as good as the other two and probably install spyware or adware or malware.

Neither installs any spyware, don't speak unless you know from experience.. I used Spyware Blaster for years, but recently Spybot's Immunize database grew larger than Spyware Blaster, so I don't see the need for both programs.

Spyware doctor worked alright, as I have said, except it kept finding two files in it's own program file.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 30th, 2008, 8:33 pm

Mikhail · **Posted:** May 1st, 2008, 5:12 pm

Erm, I'd just use Spybot Search and Destroy, its one of the best I've had.

jrdgames · **Posted:** May 4th, 2008, 5:54 pm

Pfkninenines wrote:

jrdgames wrote:

You should remove:
Spyware Doctor
SpywareBlaster

They are not as good as the other two and probably install spyware or adware or malware.

Neither installs any spyware, don't speak unless you know from experience

I did not say that they did install spyware I only said probably because alot of "spyware removal" programs named like that often do the opposite of what you want.