Microsoft AntiSpyware Question

**rohitk89** · November 28th, 2005, 10:41 AM

What does enbaling the real time protection offered by MS AntiSpyware do? Is it worth enbaling given that I have a firewall running?

Fnally, which of the 2- Ad-Aware and Microsoft AntiSpyware -do you think is a better anti-spyware software?

**FastGame** · November 28th, 2005, 14:13 PM

Open MSAS and go to "Real-time Protection" where it shows the status, on the lower right is a link "Learn about Real-time Protection and Security Agents". Also on the left (Security Agent Status) you can click on the Agents and it describes what each one does. That'll pretty much sum up everything.

Yes have it enabled

MSAS is better than Ad-Aware, the problem with anti-spy is none detect all types of malware. Best to have a few like Ad-Aware & SpyBot S&D.

Keep both

**rik** · November 28th, 2005, 14:38 PM

Understand also that Ad-Aware is only a cleaner whereas both Spybot and MSAS have realtime protection built in.

**FastGame** · November 28th, 2005, 15:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rik

Understand also that Ad-Aware is only a cleaner whereas both Spybot and MSAS have realtime protection built in.

Good point

**rohitk89** · November 29th, 2005, 05:53 AM

Thank you. I'll try the Ad-Aware + Spybot S&D combo.

**LouBee** · December 7th, 2005, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rohitk89

Fnally, which of the 2- Ad-Aware and Microsoft AntiSpyware -do you think is a better anti-spyware software?

I think Adaware, as that comes up with stuff... Microsoft never finds anything on my PC!

**rohitk89** · December 7th, 2005, 09:21 AM

Quote:

I think Adaware, as that comes up with stuff... Microsoft never finds anything on my PC!

When I tested with MSA (when I wrote the first post of this thread) it found one object that Ad-Aware didn't and Ad-Aware found two that MSA didn't.

Right now I'm using Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware.

**rik** · December 7th, 2005, 14:24 PM

I currently have MSAS(with realtime protection active), Ad-Aware, Spybot(with Tea Timer running), Spyware Guard, and Spyware Blaster - all with the latest updates, running on this work machine. Overkill you say? Yeah probably. But it stays clean...plus they all seem to run fine together.

**phishhead** · December 7th, 2005, 14:35 PM

personally I dont run any in real-time...since I started using firefox I just scan it about once a week and it usually just finds cookies which I can care less about. I mean you run spyware apps to get rid of spyware because it degrades system performance, but running a ton of spyware apps in real-time doesnt that just degrade your performance anyway.

**rik** · December 7th, 2005, 15:13 PM

Honestly I see no performance decrease.

**FastGame** · December 7th, 2005, 15:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rik

Honestly I see no performance decrease.

Hmmm, do you see little green men, look closely they blend in with the Mesquite trees......

"paranoia will destroy ya"-Year/Artist ?

**rik** · December 7th, 2005, 17:30 PM

The Kinks - 78ish?

**FastGame** · December 7th, 2005, 17:39 PM

Thats pretty good considering I had the quote wrong

http://kinks.it.rit.edu/cgi-bin/Musi...song-destroyer

BTW I only use anti-virus and MSAS and PC stays real clean.

**rik** · December 7th, 2005, 18:01 PM

hmm from the album Give The People What They Want (1981). Oh well I was close to the year...

**LouBee** · December 8th, 2005, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rik

I currently have MSAS(with realtime protection active), Ad-Aware, Spybot(with Tea Timer running), Spyware Guard, and Spyware Blaster

Are these all free?

November 28th, 2005, 10:41 AM	#1
rohitk89 Titanium Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,127	Microsoft AntiSpyware Question What does enbaling the real time protection offered by MS AntiSpyware do? Is it worth enbaling given that I have a firewall running? Fnally, which of the 2- Ad-Aware and Microsoft AntiSpyware -do you think is a better anti-spyware software?

November 28th, 2005, 14:38 PM	#3
rik Old, Cranky and Perverted Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Watching Your every move... Posts: 5,299	Understand also that Ad-Aware is only a cleaner whereas both Spybot and MSAS have realtime protection built in. __________________ Spyware Removal Tips \| Read the Forum Rules

December 7th, 2005, 14:24 PM	#8
rik Old, Cranky and Perverted Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Watching Your every move... Posts: 5,299	I currently have MSAS(with realtime protection active), Ad-Aware, Spybot(with Tea Timer running), Spyware Guard, and Spyware Blaster - all with the latest updates, running on this work machine. Overkill you say? Yeah probably. But it stays clean...plus they all seem to run fine together. __________________ Spyware Removal Tips \| Read the Forum Rules

December 7th, 2005, 14:35 PM	#9
phishhead Friendly Neighborhood Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego, Ca. Posts: 3,882	personally I dont run any in real-time...since I started using firefox I just scan it about once a week and it usually just finds cookies which I can care less about. I mean you run spyware apps to get rid of spyware because it degrades system performance, but running a ton of spyware apps in real-time doesnt that just degrade your performance anyway. __________________

December 7th, 2005, 15:13 PM	#10
rik Old, Cranky and Perverted Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Watching Your every move... Posts: 5,299	Honestly I see no performance decrease. __________________ Spyware Removal Tips \| Read the Forum Rules

November 28th, 2005, 14:13 PM	#2
FastGame Hardware guy Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Blasters worm farm Posts: 3,674	Open MSAS and go to "Real-time Protection" where it shows the status, on the lower right is a link "Learn about Real-time Protection and Security Agents". Also on the left (Security Agent Status) you can click on the Agents and it describes what each one does. That'll pretty much sum up everything. Yes have it enabled MSAS is better than Ad-Aware, the problem with anti-spy is none detect all types of malware. Best to have a few like Ad-Aware & SpyBot S&D. Keep both

November 29th, 2005, 05:53 AM	#5
rohitk89 Titanium Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,127	Thank you. I'll try the Ad-Aware + Spybot S&D combo.

December 7th, 2005, 17:30 PM	#12
rik Old, Cranky and Perverted Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Watching Your every move... Posts: 5,299	The Kinks - 78ish? __________________ Spyware Removal Tips \| Read the Forum Rules

December 7th, 2005, 17:39 PM	#13
FastGame Hardware guy Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Blasters worm farm Posts: 3,674	Thats pretty good considering I had the quote wrong http://kinks.it.rit.edu/cgi-bin/Musi...song-destroyer BTW I only use anti-virus and MSAS and PC stays real clean.

December 7th, 2005, 18:01 PM	#14
rik Old, Cranky and Perverted Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Watching Your every move... Posts: 5,299	hmm from the album Give The People What They Want (1981). Oh well I was close to the year... __________________ Spyware Removal Tips \| Read the Forum Rules

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