Upgrades to AdAware and Spybot?

Hello:

For Vista, are there any new versions out there for AdAware and Spybot?
These are great (and free!) tools that I have always used over the years.
But, since getting a Vista laptop, I had issues with these tools.

For one thing, Spybot keeps popping up messages telling me to review the log
file for this or that. Prior, it would simply run and clean up my laptop.

And, even though AdAware works, it cannot connect to its own server to
download update definitions prior to running.

I would like to know if there are any good and free versions of these tools
out there for Vista. I'd look myself, but I'm afraid to click on links for
tools promising to rid you of malware. Sometimes, those links are "traps" in
that they contain malware and viruses, themselves.

Thanks, in advance!

childofthe1980s

childofthe1980s;1269477 Wrote:
> Hello
>
> For Vista, are there any new versions out there for AdAware and Spybot
> These are great (and free!) tools that I have always used over th
> years
> But, since getting a Vista laptop, I had issues with these tools
>
> For one thing, Spybot keeps popping up messages telling me to review th
> lo
> file for this or that. Prior, it would simply run and clean up m
> laptop
>
> And, even though AdAware works, it cannot connect to its own server t
> download update definitions prior to running
>
> I would like to know if there are any good and free versions of thes
> tool
> out there for Vista. I'd look myself, but I'm afraid to click on link
> fo
> tools promising to rid you of malware. Sometimes, those links ar
> "traps" i
> that they contain malware and viruses, themselves
>
> Thanks, in advance
>
> childofthe1980

I can tell you from experience, the best antivirus program I've ever ha
is MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) and it is free. The bes
anti-malware program I've ever used is MalwareBytes and it is also free

--
rhlhamlet

On 30 May 2010, =?Utf-8?B?Y2hpbGRvZnRoZTE5ODBz?=
<> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
> For Vista, are there any new versions out there for AdAware and
> Spybot?

New since when? You don't say what you're using now, so it's not
possible to give you a meaningful answer.

Why don't you check the product's web sites?

Ad-Aware has had a couple of updated version in recent months. Spybot's
executable has not been updated since about a year and a half ago.

MalwareBytes' Antimalwa�e (MBAM) and SuperAntiSpywa�e (SAS) will do the job

<http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php>

<http://www.superantispyware.com/>



"childofthe1980s" wrote:

> Hello:
>
> For Vista, are there any new versions out there for AdAware and Spybot?
> These are great (and free!) tools that I have always used over the years.
> But, since getting a Vista laptop, I had issues with these tools.
>
> For one thing, Spybot keeps popping up messages telling me to review the log
> file for this or that. Prior, it would simply run and clean up my laptop.
>
> And, even though AdAware works, it cannot connect to its own server to
> download update definitions prior to running.
>
> I would like to know if there are any good and free versions of these tools
> out there for Vista. I'd look myself, but I'm afraid to click on links for
> tools promising to rid you of malware. Sometimes, those links are "traps" in
> that they contain malware and viruses, themselves.
>
> Thanks, in advance!
>
> childofthe1980s