Battle of the Anti-Spyware?

[Krazed]

Who's the best?

I've been using Spybot: S&D for ever, but I wanna try other products. So what's the best, S&D, Ad-Aware? Who? 

[iago]

Linux. 

Or, just don't install Spyware in the first place.  Once you get it, it's very diifficult to get rid of.  No spyware program will get 100% of it.

Ad-aware is considered the best, according to security professionals
S&D is a close second
Microsoft's is a distant third.  I don't recommend it, though, because they only detect spywares whose companies aren't paying them (Gator/Claria, one of the worst spywares out there, isn't detected by Microsoft.  And there are others, too.)

Of course, those are pretty arbitrary rankings.  I'd suggest having both S&D and Adaware, since neither will find everything. 

[deadly7]

Adaware finds mostly adware infected files, Spybot finds spyware infected files.  Try Spy Sweeper.. it costs money *(cough)* but it works pretty good if you know what you're doing..

I'd agree with iago, don't install it though.  After I uninstalled spyware a while back (2-3 months), my computer TOTALLY fucked up and I had to reformat.

[Newby]

I use Ad-Aware SE Personal && M$ Anti-Spyware, just for the real-time protection it provides.