What are you guys using for your Anti-Spyware needs

Good morning fellow members,

I had using AVG Anti-Spyware (freeware version) with great success until the end of the year(2008). Thats when AVG decided to bundle the program with other products in there line up and not offer it as a separate download (As most of you many already know). I'm looking for a new program (prefably freeware) that is both lightweight and thorough. If there were any new ones to come out within the past year please tell what you thought about them.

Thanks advance,

Gotta

 

spyware blaster provides real time protection.its worked well for me.and yes,its free.

 

With the new AVG Antivirus free edition im using there is anti-spyware protection:
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition#tba1

 

The new avg is pretty good... better than that paid rubbish from norton and kaspersky.

Better still.. use a secure operating system in the first place and forget about malware.

 

Can you separate AVG anti-virus from the anti-spyware during install. The anti-spyware is the only program I would like to use.

 

I use the free "returnil" for my antispyware software. It's lightweight, doesn't slowdown your computer and it will defeat all known virus/spyware etc.

It places your c: drive in virtual mode instantly, anything that happens while in virtual mode i.e. if you opened a virus/spyware while in virtual mode it will be deleted during reboot.

The only way you can tell your in virtual mode is by a red icon next to the clock, otherwise windows looks and runs the same as in non-virtual mode.

my system
1. zone alarm firewall
2. avg free antivirus
3. firefox browser
4. returnil

I haven't had any virus/spyware problems in over a year.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Returnil_Virtual_System_Personal_Edition_d5702.html

more info
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php

 

Sorry double posted message

 

Sounds very good but If its in virtual mode and I install some new programs or save some new files/folders then restart the PC will it make change (will they be deleted)? like software i remember called deep freeze?


Thank you

 

Anything you install while in virtual mode will be deleted during restart. I use it to test programs that don't require a restart. To me this has never been a problem, and I install alot of programs.

As far as saving files/data/downloads to survive the reboot, you need to save it on another partition/hard drive or save while in unvirtual mode. If you only have 1 hard drive/partition returnil will create a "virtual partition" that you can save files, this virtual partition will survive the reboot.

returnil is very similar to deepfreeze. Except returnil boots up unfrozen and you can download your antivirus definitions/updates install programs etc, once your ready to go into virtual mode just "enable" returnil it happens instantly (no reboot required like deepfreeze).

If your computer is already infected with spyware/virus then "returnil" won't help you. But if you have a clean system, returnil will keep it that way. I wouldn't surf the internet without returnil enabled. If you use internet explorer then you definitely need returnil, it'll keep your homepage from being "jacked" permanently. All those "driveby" spyware that seem to get through internet explorer won't survive the reboot. Any virus/spyware that defeat your firewall/antispyware/antivirus will only live in a virtual returnil world.

 

Thank you very much jony218

I have 2 partitions and I think I will try this returnil.

 

Thanks to all for your input..

Gotta