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GreyFalconTue Mar-20-18 04:29 PM
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"Malwarebytes & SUPERAntySpyware Pro "


          

Any opinions on these programs. I used to use them but they seemed to find less and less so I gave them up. Maybe that had something to do with Windows 10.

  

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KJTTue Mar-20-18 05:44 PM
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#1. "RE: Malwarebytes & SUPERAntySpyware Pro "
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On Win 10 I have MB free (I won't pay for "subscribe"-ware) and Superantispyware Pro (lifetime license).

I run them regularly but they seldom find anything.

But I'm a fairly conservative surfer except for trying out a lot of freeware programs.

Jim.

  

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jbmcmillanTue Mar-20-18 09:09 PM
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#2. "RE: Malwarebytes & SUPERAntySpyware Pro "
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I use Malwarebytes free but it rarley finds anything on my machine but on friends machines it finds hundreds lol.

  

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GreyFalconWed Mar-21-18 05:25 PM
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I tried it again, it said it found 3,100 tracking cookies removed those and ran it the next day, found a few things one of them was a generic Trojan in ESET of all places. I'm not too impressed with that. The computer runs the same as always, I saw no difference.






  

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ChickenmanThu Mar-22-18 04:59 AM
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#4. "RE: Malwarebytes & SUPERAntySpyware Pro "
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I tried it again, it said it found 3,100 tracking cookies removed those and ran it the next day, found a few things one of them was a generic Trojan in ESET of all places. I'm not too impressed with that. The computer runs the same as always, I saw no difference.


Probably just a " False Positive ". I generally exclude the Program Folders of any AV program from scanning, for exactly that reason.

  

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GreyFalconThu Mar-22-18 10:12 AM
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Thanks,that is probably a real good idea.

  

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Paul DThu Mar-22-18 04:11 PM
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#6. "RE: Malwarebytes & SUPERAntySpyware Pro "
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I bought MB Pro just before they switched to annual subscription so I have it for life and it's the best investment I ever made. It is now a full-blown AV as well as combating all other forms of malware, so it's the only security program I run in background and it's great. Has headed me off from a few dodgy sites over the years.

I also have SAS Pro on the same terms but don't run it in background. I run a scheduled scan weekly which cleans up accumulated unnecessary cookies but never finds anything else, probably because MB Pro is so effective..

I've found SAS does a better job on cookies than MB but have no opinion on how effective it is as a real-time malware blocker. Of course there's no point in running either program's free version in real time as they are purely after the event scanners. But I do believe there's an arguable case for running both scanners from time to time. They only have to catch one nasty to be worth the trouble.

And of course set your default browser to not allow third party cookies. If you run into the odd site that won't function properly that way, access it in another browser and let SAS or CCleaner clean them out from time to time.




Paul D

  

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GreyFalconThu Mar-22-18 05:52 PM
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Thanks Paul. I think I will give it a go. The Pro version is about $29.95 a year unless anyone knows of a better deal.

  

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