Flashermac Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 And another rave review ... Review summary Good points • Very effective at removing hijacked browser search toolbars • Removed spyware variants that other major brands didn't detect • Customized spyware fix option available • Easy to use interface • Supports Windows 8.1 Bad points • Infrequent updates Our verdict SpyHunter is a useful anti-spyware program that detected and removed a large number of spyware variants that several of the major brands didn't detect. We found nothing that suggested that it's rogue or unscrupulous. The only real downside was the infrequent updates, but your unlikely to find a more effective anti-spyware program on the market right now. http://www.compareda...pyhunter/review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 And a not so good review ... ProsIn testing, eliminated active malware and malware that launches at startup, as promised. Integrated HelpDesk remote remediation tool. Installs and runs in Safe Mode. Bootable recovery environment available. Free scan available. Certified by one testing lab. ConsMissed many malware samples in tests. Failed to remove executable traces of detected samples. No significant real-time protection. Expensive. Bottom LineEnigma SpyHunter 4 does what it promises, eliminating active malware and killing malware that launches at startup. But competitors deliver much more. http://www.pcmag.com...,1523245,00.asp p.s. My browser had become absolutely useless, as about every 60 seconds it opened multiple tabs for 6 or 8 different sales sites. I couldn't shut them down as fast as they open. It quickly put a stop to that and made things usable again, though I still get an occasional browser hack on Fire Fox. I don't know if I'll renew it, but for the time being it's working. So which is the best to use then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Guy 2 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I use Malwarebytes. There is a free version but if you pay for the subscription you get real time protection. Works great for me. Hope that helps Flash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 And now a fresh Ransomware attack, big big companies like Maersk are back to pen and paper. Windoze does have a patch, get yer patch now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Flash, at the risk of indulging in Schadenfreude, I'll relate the following: My dad paid quite a few dollars for a program that said he needed to fix his PC, he's very happy, because it found many problems and fixed them. I tried to tell him it was a scam but he thought it was good value because it had fixed things. That the hundreds of things, that were fixed, may not have been broken, cannot enter the discussion without a heated argument, he is too proud to admit he wasted his money. Windoze is system, implemented on such diverse and sometimes shoddily built PCs that sometimes the things won't work as they should, highly skilled and experienced PC techs can fix these relatively nuanced problems and few of them are named Somchai. A fresh reinstall of the system will usually fix things too, but you have to be willing to go through that process. If my WIndoze is a recent version and I've got it's security features turned on, I should have all the patches required to keep the baddies at bay. If my Windoze consistently doesn't work, or breaks down every few months, I'd get another PC and while I'm at it a difference OS. Were it not for the work I do, that is easier done on a twin screen Mac, I would go completely to IOS on an iPad, the IOS is sufficiently advanced for the needs of a Prosumer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 I use a Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 I use a Mac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 MalwareBytes is good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Ironically, I had Malwarebytes (free version) on my PC, but I lost it when the dork at the shop reformated my HD and loaded all sorts of Thai crap on it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkbin Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 I use AVG (cleans up and then runs in the background, free package at first, then pay for full service) + Spybot, a free package that the user has trigger. Both suggested by professional computer chappie at work. Sympathies to Flash - seems like only yesterday that he posted his first computer whinge on Nanapong - I'll commiserate with a drink at Woodstock later tonight. [Er ... something not quite right here....] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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