Microsoft Antispyware vs lavasoft ad-aware

[Damian]

can someone change title above :blush:

i mean ad-aware :rofl:

just installed a few adwarez to see

:crazy:

Ad-aware was faster & Antispyware couldnt find anything yet :pinch:

:woot:

msg plus ? :o

:ninja:

[VidER]

Thanks for the intersting comparison!

Of course microsoft's is still in BETA phase.. maybe they are still working on it..

They might tweak the speed..

And don't forget that Ad-Aware has updated definitions.. while Microsoft's isn't even a final release.

VidER

[insanekiwi]

haha man.

"Microsfot Antyspy". you get my todays "special post funnyness award" :)

thanks for comparing those 2.

[uniacid]

haha man.

"Microsfot Antyspy". you get my todays "special post funnyness award" :)

thanks for comparing those 2.

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laff. :rofl: :p

[zeta]

Offhand... I'd have to say it look like MS did better... because all Ad-aware found outside of 1 browser hijack was a bunch of cookies and things in the most-recently used list...

[ZZOOzzoo]

It's really not a good comparison, because there are a lot of spywares that Ad-Aware can't catch, and there are a lot others that MS AntiSpy can't catch.

[Larney]

Yeah, take into account the BETA in the name :/

Nice comparison and you can see the difference in UI :p

[xxdesmus]

this is just how antispyware/adaware is right now.... there isn't one that does it all, you need to use at least 2 to do the job well. :pinch:

[Keldyn]

topic edited.

[Rapier]

Ad-aware Found 26 Object, fine, but did you click on the + (Under the Threat Name) on MS AntiSpy to see how objects it had found related to those apps ?

My MS Antispy takes less than 13MB of memory and it doesnt show in Task Manager when minimized (I Have realtime Protection Enabled).

[Damian]

It's really not a good comparison, because there are a lot of spywares that Ad-Aware can't catch, and there are a lot others that MS AntiSpy can't catch.

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yea thats what i'm showing to you guys :)

[Damian]

Ad-aware Found 26 Object, fine, but did you click on the + (Under the Threat Name) on MS AntiSpy to see how objects it had found related to those apps ?

My MS Antispy takes less than 13MB of memory and it doesnt show in Task Manager when minimized (I Have realtime Protection Enabled).

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yes i saw that in the +

forgot to post it damn :angry:

[null_]

I wouldn't mind seeing a Microsoft AntiSpyware vs Lavasoft Ad-Aware + Spybot Search & Destroy article. ;)

[anthony]

The thing that bothers me with Microsoft AntiSpyware, is the "SpyNet" thing. It reminds me of SkyNet from Terminator movies. I keep thinking of Bill Gates at CES talking about intergration and seeing these robots ...wow, it's...

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Just a question for the origional poster, did you run a quick scan in AntiSpyware, cause if you did, it wont pick up cookies, that's only in the full scan.

[xxdesmus]

I just thought about this,

isn't MS AntiSpy just GIANT rebranded? Which would mean in theory, that this is a final product, but MS just plans on improving on it...hence the Beta 1 label. Perhaps I am misunderstanding MS's purchase of GIANT. :unsure:

[Damian]

Just a question for the origional poster, did you run a quick scan in AntiSpyware, cause if you did, it wont pick up cookies, that's only in the full scan.

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I did a full scan in both programs

[ZZOOzzoo]

I just thought about this,

isn't MS AntiSpy just GIANT rebranded? Which would mean in theory, that this is a final product, but MS just plans on improving on it...hence the Beta 1 label. Perhaps I am misunderstanding MS's purchase of GIANT. :unsure:

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I think you're right.

In fact, MS forgot to change its name shown in the process manager. :rofl:

[xxdesmus]

I think you're right.

In fact, MS forgot to change its name shown in the process manager.  :rofl:

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That was the first thing I noticed too...lol, maybe they will make some significant improvements to this already great piece of software :shifty: :happy:

[BryanChung]

interesting comparsion ... but MS interface nicer eh? :)

[Malisk]

lol.. who cares :)

Hmm, I guess until this goes out of beta, you're better of with Ad-Aware + Spybot.

[BigCheese]

When using MS antispyware, i noticed that it is really slow. It takes gaes for it to run an update and doesn't even give you an indication if there is no need to update.

It also takes ages after the scan to delete the spyware and report it to SpyNet.

[felixml]

no issues here, using both now, fine 4 now

[..Vector..]

Thanks for the comparison, Microsft Antispyware runs pretty fast for me :)

[j4020]

Thanks for the comparison mate (Y)

[BryanChung]

let's just wait and see what happens :p