In order to protect yourself against spyware, you should consider installing and running the following free programs:Ad-Aware SEhttp://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.phpA tutorial on using Ad-Aware to remove spyware from your computer may be found here.Spybot-Search & Destroyhttp://www.safer-networking.org/en/downloadA tutorial on using Spybot to remove spyware from your computer may be found here. Please also remember to enable Spybot's "Immunize" and "TeaTimer" features.SpywareBlasterhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htmlA tutorial on using SpywareBlaster to prevent spyware from ever installing on your computer may be found here.SpywareGuardhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.htmlA tutorial on using SpywareGuard for realtime protection against spyware and hijackers may be found here.Make sure to keep these programs up-to-date and to run them regularly, as this can prevent a great deal of spyware hassle.Please note:It is a good idea to run only one of each type of protection program in resident mode.(This means only one firewall, one antivirus, one antispyware..) If two or more of them are run in resident mode it may decrease the protection on your computer rather than increase it and it may cause other computer problems like slow performance.
Anti-virus comparison test of current anti-malware products, Q1/2008 Copyright � 2008 AV-Test GmbH, Last Update: 2008-01-22 Signature Detection False Positives Proactive Detection Response Times Rootkit detection Details for the "Signature Detection" results (on-demand) (negative) (incl. HIPS/BB) (to new widespread malware) (active samples) (see column B) # Test cases 1024381 65000 3520 55 12 Numer of Samples 1024381 AntiVir ++ + + ++ + AntiVir 1020627 99.6%Avast! ++ o o + + Avast! 1018204 99.4%AVG ++ + o o + AVG 1005006 98.1%AVK 2008 ++ o + ++ - AVK 2008 1022418 99.8%BitDefender ++ o ++ + + BitDefender 1003902 98.0%ClamAV -- - - ++ -- ClamAV 791505 77.3%Command -- + - o -- Command 729233 71.2%Dr Web o o + o + Dr Web 887736 86.7%eTrust-VET -- ++ - -- + eTrust-VET 566161 55.3%Fortinet + -- ++ + n/a (gateway product) Fortinet 957558 93.5%F-Prot + + - o o F-Prot 986961 96.3%F-Secure + + ++ + ++ F-Secure 999806 97.6%Ikarus + - + + o Ikarus 1002894 97.9%K7 Computing -- o - - -- K7 Computing 571329 55.8%Kaspersky ++ o + ++ + Kaspersky 1003470 98.0%McAfee + ++ + - + McAfee 959919 93.7%Microsoft + ++ - -- o Microsoft 992880 96.9%Nod32 + + ++ + + Nod32 953936 93.1%Norman + + + o o Norman 962191 93.9%Panda + o ++ o ++ Panda 979409 95.6%QuickHeal - o o o - QuickHeal 862919 84.2%Rising + o o o o Rising 962674 94.0%Sophos + + ++ + + Sophos 1001655 97.8%Symantec ++ ++ + o ++ Symantec 1006849 98.3%Trend Micro ++ + + + ++ Trend Micro 1009662 98.6%VBA32 o o + o o VBA32 885313 86.4%VirusBuster -- + - o o VirusBuster 693944 67.7%WebWasher ++ o ++ ++ n/a (gateway product) WebWasher 1023742 99.9% Index: ++ = very good (98%+) ++ = very good (no false positives) ++ = very good ++ = very good (less than 2 hours) ++ = very good (all rootkits detected) + = good (90%+) + = good (one false positive) + = good + = good (around 2 to 4 hours) + = good (all but one rootkit detected) o = satisfactory (85%+) o = satisfactory (two false positives) o = satisfactory o = satisfactory (around 4 to 6 hours) o = satisfactory (two rootkits missed) - = poor (80%+) - = poor (three false positives) - = poor - = poor (around 6 to 8 hours) - = poor (three rootkits missed) -- = very poor (less than 80%) -- = very poor (more than three false positives) -- = very poor -- = very poor (more than 8 hours) -- = very poor (more
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