Yezinki said:
Mr. Ken Blake,
I apologize about my English, as I had earlier mentioned it isn't my
mother tongue.
No apology necessary.Your English is fine, and much than my feeble attempts
in other languages.
I wasn't correcting your English, just stressing the importance of getting
names of software right when you recommend it.
Regarding ratings about Spy Blaster & MS Beta anti spy wares, sorry
to say that they are just average.
That's your opinion and that's fine. I don't agree.
Please. It's Adaware, not Ad ware. ;-)
SE pro version 1.6 & Spy Bot Search & Destroy
version 1.4 with Tea timer & IE protection settings, most would agree
that the system is very safe, with regular scanning, immunization,
updates etc.
My view is very different from yours. I want to do everything I can to
protect my system. I'm not as interested in which program is better or which
is worse. Running all four adds some protection, and I do it. I can't say
exactly how much extra protection I get by having four (actually five; I
also run Spyware Guard) as opposed to your four, but it's not zero. I
experience no negative effects by running these, I can't see any slowdown
attributable to running them, and they are free.
Well, I agree that there isn't any harm in having many such soft
wares but my philosophy is Quality stuff not Quantity.
Quantity without quality is ueless. We agree on that. We disagree on the
quality of Spyware Blaster and MSAS .
Personally speaking my machine has never been infected or corrupted by
either a virus, spy ware etc in last 3 years or so with this
combination.
Sorry, but the experience of a single person has no statistical
significance. That's like someone saying "My grandfather smoked three packs
of cigarettes every day of his adult life, died at 96, and never got lung
cancer." There are lots of people like that, but it doesn't change the fact
that statisically smokers are far more likely to get lung cancer than
non-smokers.
Again my philosophy is least junk software, files, folders on my
drives.
Spyware Blaster and MSAS are certainly not junk.
http://www.download.com is this better!
Regards!
Have a great day!
By the way I might not be an IT consultant but at times my solutions
are much better than those offered by many!
Like the solutions and recommendations of everyone else, your solutions and
recommendations stand on their own merits, regardless of who or what you
are. Your not being an IT consultant doesn't matter.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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