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Old 17th March 2005, 10:02 AM   #1
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Default Desktop Anti-Spyware Not Up to Snuff, IT Pros Say

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Desktop anti-spyware software isn't doing the job, IT professionals have concluded.

According to an international survey by proxy appliance company Blue Coat Systems, 72 percent said desktop anti-spyware programs were ineffective in protecting their networks. Blue Coat surveyed 339 IT staffers who used programs from Computer Associates International (PestPatrol), Kaspersky Lab, Lavasoft (Ad-Aware), McAfee, Microsoft, Spybot, Symantec, or Webroot Software.

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Yeah, you need to be running 3 anti spyware and 2 AV apps to get a good level of protection.
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Old 21st March 2005, 12:18 PM   #3
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I've got a couple of actively running spyware scanners and a couple I just use to scan.

Do you use two AV's? I've heard that if you have more then one, they can mess each other up...

Any suggestions on a second one?
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I regularly scan with the online virus scanner housecall as well as my built in one.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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Yep, same here. I also sometimes use the other two listed under 2. here
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Yep, they're probably right. Make me wonder how mcuh spyware is still on my computer...
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