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I can't believe it!! I just cleaned a slight malware problem,,if there's anything you would consider slight when it comes to malware. But after installing Windows Defender, I sent the man home with his computer. Awhile later,,he calls complaining why I put that sh*t(WD) on his computer?? I said about how good it is and on,,and on. He said."remove it". He comes back and I try SAS, he says no,,I say,Spyware Terminator,,"no". I said you name it,,and it took all I had in me not to fall over laughing when he said,,"I want the best,,give me SpyBot Search and Destroy". Marko,,Marko,,Marko,,that is the only thought that went in my head for the last 3 hours. So now it seems that when I hear freeware I think FreewareBB,,gaday mate,I think of Jim,,and SpyBot?? Sorry Marko ,but the banter back and forth between you and Jim caused that,,buddy

The best?? Who put that idea in his head? Spybot is good and it does find and remove some things others miss, but i don't think it's the "best".
A-squared Anti-Malware is one i used awhile back and it's one of those unsung heroes! Now it's called Emsisoft Anti-malware. This thing will find alot of things others miss.
I use both SAS and Malwarebytes as they are reconized as being at the top in terms of effectiveness.

That's the thing dude,,Spybot is a little dated,,or should I say out-dated somewhat.It had it's time and it still does a real good job. It's just that now it has to play catch-up with the "young guns". Marko likes it and that alone says alot for it.

Oooo, you babdboy! callin grandpa old

It's all in keeping up with todays demands. Like I said Marko likes it,,so you know it's got to be good. I like it ,,I'm just in a faster pace than Spybot is on updating definitions. Most people don't realize ,,but old Spybot was one of the first of its kind,,and maybe one day it will be at the top once again !!!!

HAHAHA, when you said "outdated" and "need to catch up with the "young guns" and then said Marko...

...look at me..instigating..hehe



In it's day, it was at the top of the pile, and it's still good but the devolopers don't seem very interested in keeping pace. I'd add it for another layer of protection but as it is now, others are my first choice.

Guys, Spybot was developed way back in the day when just about everyone used Internet Explorer, its primary protection is all centered around Internet Explorer. For I.E. users it remains a somewhat useful addition, for anyone else, including those who primarily use Firefox or Chrome, it is next to useless....and thems the facts. LOL

As for utilizing Spybot as a back up (or on-demand) scanner, well sorry, but with the likes of MBAM, Emsisoft and SAS around, that really is a laughable concept.

Exactly Jim,,that's what made the situation so difficult to explain because this man was so dead set on Spybot. But like I said,,when he said "Spybot" the first thing that popped into my head was Marko!!!! I remember when I first joined FBB,you and Marko were going at it (jokingly) about Spybot. So now when I hear it,,,,,well,,,I'm scarred for life !!!!

I'm actually a tad confused because I don't really remember recommending Spybot over and above anything else, I don't usually recommend much at all if I'm honest, I've been known to suggest something but rarely recommend - although to set the record straight, if I were to pick any spyware app which would be the first onto a computer it would most probably be SAS which I've wrote about many times previous so I'm not entirely sure where we're getting the notion that I would defend Spybot to the death here guys?

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That was after just a quick dig around. Admittedly some of those quotes are getting a tad long in tooth - bit like Spybot methinks!!

Sorry Marko, couldn't help myself.