Better than "Adaware"???

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Matthew

What makes this software better than Lavasoft's Adaware,
one of the better spyware removal tools I have used.
 
In general, two things:

1) free active protection--59 checkpoints/3 agents.
2) better removal of the major bugs, also identification of them on the way
in, via those checkpoints.

OTOH, Ad-aware does remove cookies.
 
Here's a cheerful little earful from Bill Sanderson:
In general, two things:

1) free active protection--59 checkpoints/3 agents.
2) better removal of the major bugs, also identification of them on
the way in, via those checkpoints.

OTOH, Ad-aware does remove cookies.
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Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes cookies. Why? Because
they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to Amazon, Expedia, etc.
and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up typing in my height
weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the beneficial purpose
of cookies.
 
Hogan's Goat said:
Yeah, but I hate-hate-HATE software that removes cookies. Why? Because
they remove ALL my cookies, so forget going back to Amazon, Expedia, etc.
and expecting all your data to be intact. I wind up typing in my height
weight and shoe size all over again, which defeats the beneficial purpose
of cookies.
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Actually, I haven't noticed that with either Ad-aware or Spybot search &
destroy. they seem to be able to single out particular cookies that relate
purely to adware. I think that's a big part of Microsoft's hesitation with
putting this feature in this product--they've got to figure out an objective
way to determine which cookies will be handled by the app and which
won't--and that will take some significant effort.
 
in my experience i run adaware , spybot and now MS.
they all leave behind their frieinds.
Intentional or not it is true.
Spyware removal tools always leave behind something.
Run all 3 .
I run them all at once.
Takes about the same amount of time as running 1
spybot 1.3 and adaware are available at www.download.com
 
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Actually, I haven't noticed that with either Ad-aware or Spybot search &
destroy. they seem to be able to single out particular cookies that relate
purely to adware. I think that's a big part of Microsoft's hesitation with
putting this feature in this product--they've got to figure out an objective
way to determine which cookies will be handled by the app and which
won't--and that will take some significant effort.


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You're right. It's a tough task. Either way someone is
going to be ticked off when a certain cookie is removed
that is innocently tagged as malicious. It's bound to
happen. Luckilly, Adaware allows the user to review and
pick-and-choose which cookies to remove.
 
I don't have any doubt that the reason for the delay in making this feature
available is needing to "get it right." Very few software implementations
satisfy everyone, but let see how well they did, when we see it.
 
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