Hi All
A friend of mine recommended spybot as a good tool to have, any
opinions on this? Is it free, is it easy to install/uninstall, any
problems? Cheers
Spybot S&D is an essential spyware removal tool, and thoroughly
recommended. See:
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article/0,3048,a=39275,00.asp
It is free, and easy to (un)install. There is an easy mode (for newbies)
and an advanced mode which gives a wider choice of configuration settings
for more experienced users. Reported problems are few, and mainly tend to
involve an apparent tendency of Spybot to 'hang' when scanning for the LOP
parasite (this is addressed in the Help file). Some users find the sheer
variety of configuration options a bit difficult to understand. Finally,
some regular users tend to suffer withdrawal symptoms when there are no
reference file updates for a while ;-).
It is best used as part of an anti-parasite protection system that also
includes Ad-aware 6, CWShredder and SpywareBlaster plus a personal
firewall, if you are using a MS Windows system. For more about this, see:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.geocities.com/yosponge/
There is online support via the forums at:
http://forums.net-integration.net/