Sli-Boi Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Hey guys, just thought i'd get your opinion.Before i start, i am in the process of trialling the antispyware microsoft offers, now i frequently backup and reinstall xp every 3 months to 'clean' the OS.Before i did, i downloaded A-S beta1 and see how it went and as i backed up all my files, i decided to install all the known common spyware and wage war on my system! To my surprise a few little goodies were detected like eg. Whenu, and so forth..I also run Spybot ver. 4 and decided to run a scan there, and picked up 'hotbar' which A-S didnt detect. Im not expecting a miracle and stop all known software, but i am after a reliable, stable and resource friendly A-S that has a 'real time' scan feature.I have thought of some 'good' anti-spyware and thought you guys could share some unbiased opinions/experiences with them before i decide to purchase.1. Microsoft Anti-spyware2. Spyware Eliminator3. Spy Sweeper4. Counter Spy5. Spyware DoctorThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 1. use firefox2. use firefox3. use firefox4. spybot S&D5. anything but M$ antispyware i gave firefox the first 3 spots, cause nothing else was worth the top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Haha thanks gdogg, so can you please explain why microsoft made a s**t anti-spyware? im 50-50 on it. Heard good and bad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) well first off its beta. its made by the company that knowingly installed spyware on all copies of windows xp (one that had a purpose but still).its a monopolies spyware program , free or not, i'd rather switch to linux, but its too hard.whats the point, when it takes up memory all the time, to keep you immune (seperate process), where spybot s&d, makes you immune, without being in your memory at all.then theres firefox, its great, and its the best bet to keep away from spyware, to the point, that I think next time my neighbor calls me over cause of spyware, optimised firefox 1.5 im gonna put on his computer.basically he just got a new computer, that can handle firefox, (his last one, was sooo slow, IE barely loaded in 30 seconds. M$ antispyware, is like a celeron computer to me was never meant to work well in the first place Edited October 17, 2005 by gdogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Appreciate that! thanks, now i run Firefox 1.07, am i using a different version to you gdogg? i am fairly new to firefox as well, version 1.5?My setup rig is on my signature, so it can basically tackle anything, sounds to me version 1.5 is a different version to mine..You seem very negative about M$ A/S, so i guess i can just use Spybot S&D safely along with Trend Micro.I use nlite for all my OS installs and do find M$ install spyware..what the f**k is Alexa? LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 yeh lol, alexa is spyware, but one that has a use supposedly, ?but anway, i'd try to find an optimised build of firefox, they are alot faster.i am using this one, it load just as fast as IE after first load, 2 seconds to load the first timeyou should be just as fast, your system is 1337http://www.pryan.org/mozilla/firefox/mmoy/...0.7-K8B-X36.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Hey thanks buddy for the link, going to try that release now!! will let you know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 hey gdogg, i installed and extracted the browser, and put the directory in my program files, now it seems the browser doesnt uninstall the original firefox 1.07 so i uninstalled it anyway, and YOUR version still runs, bu for some reason doesnt want to install macromedia flash plug-inShould i reinstall firefix 1.07? would that solve the problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) um, it should give you an option in browser, ill reply with how in a mingoto http://www.3dgameman.com/on the left side, they will be a click here to download plugin with a green puzzle piece thingy.use that, it will download and install the plugin Edited October 17, 2005 by gdogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 sweet! thanks for that, il try after i finish work...i really havent noticed a big difference in startup times, but the browser speed (i use 1500/512KB/S) is a blink and i can get get a max speed of 1700kb/s! and before id hover around 1500kb/sBut anyways thanks for the links..by the way, where do i find some info/posts about your 57mb install? ini. files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=55003i am having problems right nowi cant boot from a cd anymore, (well not my windows ones, partition magic works, and my windows cds work on other computers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 That must suck a$$! ****, but ur xp must be really fast though..But are theryre any more problems with your install? i dont mind trying because i got everything back up anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 (edited) I cant finish it, its @ 105 MB right now, it should be 57MB I am going to try to use vmware, and get the files out somehow, so it might be possiblebut in the end, I can never re-install windows now, or test my project on a real install in c:\as mine is on e:\ Edited October 18, 2005 by gdogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sli-Boi Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 hehe.. good luck with it buddy. I think ill stick to my 150.08mb file, its stable enough for me and fast enough to notice a difference..I dont want to get too greedy now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogg Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 (edited) the whole point of it, was less memory usageand to remove the need for an AVno spyare either.and i suceeded (mostly) there was one virus someone pointed out, that is horrible, but i dont think i'd even get that one anyway, nor would i dare test it Edited October 18, 2005 by gdogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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