homecomputeraid Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 :oops: I was using the Malicious Software Removal Tool, not Microsoft's new AntiSpyware utility! Thanks to Powerless for pointing that out! :blush: Kind of embarrasing. Certainly not the first or last time I've been or will be mistaken! :rolleyes: The Giant based AntiSpyware Utility looks pretty good. I ran a full scan with it after doing Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D and only found on group (SearchSquire) that hadn't been detected by the previous Ad-Aware and Spybot scans though.It does have some additional functionality regarding IE settings that seem helpful.Does anyone have experience with the Giant product? Was it worth paying for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 I don't have any personal experience of it and it was still being debated on the anti spyware forums when MS took it over.False positives should be sorted out though and as you can see, if the searchsquire thing is fixed then your spybot protection is actually lowered so that is a bit of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Just so everyone knows, SearchSquire should be ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 *Nods* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 It does have some additional functionality regarding IE settings that seem helpful.Can't check now 'cos I removed the M$ prog, but aren't those settings also available in Spybot and Spywareblaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 They may be available under different names in Spybot. I didn't see many such settings available in Ad-Aware, but I haven't looked much beyond scanning. Spybot probably does some similar things when Immunizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 What about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Yeah, I have Spyware Blaster, and Spyware Guard. I think I have my PC loaded with more spyware removal utilities than applications! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 So can Spywareblaster change all the browser pages that the M$ prog can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 No idea. I'd have to go setting by setting, and I'm just not too motivated to do that. :unsure: I guess I'm a terrible software evaluator! I did want to strike up a discussion and hear what people thought about M$'s new product though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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