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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 7:48 am
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I used to run Spybot v1.2 every 1-2 weeks and it would always pickup unwanted spyware on my system. However since downloading the latest update about a month ago, it always reports back that my system is clean....

Has Spybot suddenly become so efficient, or is something amiss??
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 8:21 am
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Never rely on just one package, try AdAware and Spyware detect and destroy as well.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 8:29 am
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i do run AdAware as well. but until recently felt that Spybot was the most effective.
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 9:58 am
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Yeah always run more than one proggie. Also you can tweak the settings to scan more.

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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 2:21 pm
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 5:18 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by milehighj:
i do run AdAware as well. but until recently felt that Spybot was the most effective.</font>
Ditto. But all of a sudden it never finds anything whereas in the past it always found a few things.

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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 7:30 pm
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I put this to the test a few mins ago. Used to be that Spybot would find many bugs. It doesn't anymore, though AdAware does.

Hmm...
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 3:48 am
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well i guess i'm not the only one then...
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