best free anti-spyware?
By
Doublehelix,
Posted on: 2009-06-04 16:11 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I use Spybot and Malwarebytes the most.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has gotten rid of everything I've thrown at it so far.
I still have Spybot S&D installed, but seldom run it anymore.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
As other have said my current favorite is Malwarebytes. Close second is Superantispware ( cheesy name I know ). Between those two I really havnt needed my old guard wich was Ad-aware and Spybot S&D. Be sure you download them from a trusted site 
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As far as a trusted site to download from, I generally use Major Geeks for downloading utility programs. Not only do they have a large selection, they scan all files to make sure that you aren't getting an infected file.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
awesome, thanks for the help! what about a registry cleaner or some such? do they help at all, my comp has been a bit sluggish the past month or so
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When was the last time you defrag'd your HDD? Every time there's a major patch, you should defrag the first chance you get, 'cause it seems the patcher frag's the frag outta your HDD... >.>
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ooh good tip, i haven't defragged in a few months
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awesome, thanks for the help! what about a registry cleaner or some such? do they help at all, my comp has been a bit sluggish the past month or so
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I'm pretty happy with ccleaner, it cleans up both your registry and assorted non-essential files on your hard drive. It's an automated thing that doesn't get as many registry entries as manually going through with a more advanced registry cleaner though, so if you're looking for a more advanced tool you might want to look elsewhere. Still, it does the job more than well enough for me.
Warp is 100% right, CCleaner is the best.
CCleaner
They also make the best defragger around (Free, also) that beats Window's defragger six ways into Sunday. (Defraggler) It is fast, and you can choose to defrag a file, or everything on your puter.
Defraggler
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Also, this is probably obvious, but just in case it isn't, keep Windows Defender up to date. And if you're on XP and haven't installed Windows Defender, do it. It's free, it's updated frequently, it doesn't eat a lot of system resources, and it works remarkably well for a built-in Windows feature. I wouldn't necessarily assume it'll do the job all by itself, but there's just no no good reason not to take full advantage of it.
And as defraggers go, I'm pretty fond of Disktrix's UltimateDefrag. It's slow, but it's very versatile and does a much better job than the default Windows defragger. I've heard good things about Defraggler as well, but I haven't tried it myself.
I use AVG for viruses, anyone have a good anti-spyware program (free) that they can recommend? I've grown frustrated with my current paid spyware company
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