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RE: Consumer Reports magazine rates anti-spyware software
From: Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:28:45 -0400
What's odd is that this test looks to be over a year old. F-Secure AS isn't even available anymore, is it? AFAIK it was a version of Ad-Aware. Alex -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:28 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Consumer Reports magazine rates anti-spyware software The September 2006 issue of Consumer Reports magazine (http://www.consumerreports.org) also rates a dozen desktop anti-spyware software packages. Here are the results: 1. F-Secure Anti-spyware 89 2. Webroot Spy Sweeper 89 3. PC Tools Spyware doctor 88 4. Trend Micro Anti-spyware 85 5. Lavasoft Ad-Adware SE 79 6. Spybot search and destory 77 7. Zone Alarm Anti-spyware 76 8. Sunbelt CounterSpy 70 9. CA/eTrust Pest Patrol 67 10. BitDefender Antispyware 51 11. McAfee AntiSpyware 44 12. Microsoft Windows Defender 43 Richard _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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