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However, I almost never run antispyware scans, especially because they tend to consider too many things as malicious even if they are not. Is it really necessary to have an antispyware program beside an antivirus program, or is an antivirus enough?

A popular generic spyware removal tool used by those that requires a certain degree of expertise is HijackThis, which scans certain areas of the Windows OS where spyware often resides and presents a list with items to delete manually. As most of the items are legitimate windows files/registry entries it is advised for those who are less knowledgeable on this subject to post a HijackThis log on the numerous antispyware sites and let the experts decide what to delete.

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The recent[update] proliferation of fake or spoofed antivirus products that bill themselves as antispyware can be troublesome. Users may receive popups prompting them to install them to protect their computer, when it will in fact add spyware. It is recommended that users do not install any freeware claiming to be anti-spyware unless it is verified to be legitimate. Some known offenders include:

The US Federal Trade Commission has sued Internet marketing organizations under the "unfairness doctrine"[55] to make them stop infecting consumers' PCs with spyware. In one case, that against Seismic Entertainment Productions, the FTC accused the defendants of developing a program that seized control of PCs nationwide, infected them with spyware and other malicious software, bombarded them with a barrage of pop-up advertising for Seismic's clients, exposed the PCs to security risks, and caused them to malfunction. Seismic then offered to sell the victims an "antispyware" program to fix the computers, and stop the popups and other problems that Seismic had caused. On November 21, 2006, a settlement was entered in federal court under which a $1.75 million judgment was imposed in one case and $1.86 million in another, but the defendants were insolvent[56]

In addition to antivirus and antispyware protection, Vipre features other useful tools such as a secure file eraser that writes 1s and 0s over deleted files, a history cleaner that goes beyond just what's in your Internet browser cache, and something called PC Explorer, which reveals processes and services running that are suspect or known to be malicious. Many of these tools are also featured within Sunbelt Software's standalone antispyware product, CounterSpy v2.

As for antispyware results, CNET Labs tested CounterSpy v2 in November 2007; in March 2008, CNET Reviews named it our Editors' Choice. Vipre uses the antispyware technology found within CounterSpy v2.

Conclusion

Vipre is a worthy addition to a crowded antivirus field. Sunbelt Software says it will continue to develop CounterSpy as a standalone antispyware product. Future releases of Vipre will probably include Sunbelt Personal Firewall code. However, Sunbelt Software is shying away from calling the resulting product a security suite.

Trend&'s Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition is the latest release that builds on its May acquisition of InterMute. Trend, Tokyo, released a stand-alone antispyware product targeted at SMBs in June. The enterprise edition, originally slated for an August release, is available now and priced at $11.55 per user for a 501-user license.

The antispyware product is integrated with Trend&'s antivirus products, but the company is releasing a stand-alone version to target customers with other antivirus software, said Lane Bess, Trend&'s president of North American operations, Cupertino, Calif. “Customers and partners told us they want an antispyware solution for the enterprise that operates independently of any other antivirus solution they may have,” Bess said.

For partners, Trend has done a good job of turning InterMute&'s antispyware product into an enterprise-class product, said Wes Parker, a director at Stalwart Systems Group, a Charlotte, N.C.-based VAR that partners with Trend.

The risk is left alone and its detection is logged. Use this option to take manual control of how Auto-Protect handles a security risk.

You can use the logs in the management console to specify the action for the logged risk. Users on client computers can use the logs to specify the action as well.

You can also lock exceptions so that users cannot create their own security risk exceptions for all antivirus and antispyware scans.

Of course, the best way to avoid spyware and computer viruses is to install antispyware and antivirus software. Microsoft, Webroot, and McAfee are the leaders in antispyware. McAfee, AVG, and Trend Micro are the most popular software in the antivirus space. Some of these companies offer combination tools that can detect and eliminate spyware and viruses.

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free Edition) is a free security software, an excellent antispyware, anti-adware removal tool. It will detect and remove most of these threats: Adware files, Trojans, Dialers, PUPs, Browser Hijackers (unwanted toolbars), Keyloggers, Rootkits and other malware or junkware files can infect your computer. It will also allow you to fix the Windows Registry inconsistencies, to be more specific - those related to malicious applications that you are installing and adware. 17dc91bb1f