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  • Number 3: Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware SE, Personal Edition
    Cost: Free
    About.com Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
    Editor’s comment: Lavasoft has been the benchmark spyware-defense tool for years. Their Ad-Aware product has won the trust of millions of users. Although it doesn’t have the nifty shredding and email opt-out lists of Spybot, Ad-Aware does perform realtime protection, and it auto updates its definition lists to remain current. Up until 2006, combining Spybot and Ad-Aware was the smartest (and the cheapest) way to defend your compute against spyware.
    Things are different now, because Number 1 below has set the high bar even higher for 2007.

  • Number 2: Navarre Webroot Spy Sweeper
    Cost: Free to try, approximately $39 to buy
    About.com Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
    Editor’s comment: Achieving 100% detection of spyware toolbars in recent About tests, Spy Sweeper was also effective in shutting down nearly 85% of active malware processes. This would go well as a three-way combination with Spybot and Lavasoft.

  • Number 1: Macafee Virus Scan and Anti Spyware
    Cost: Approximately $39.99 for antivirus and anti-spyware combined
    About.com Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
    Editor’s comment:
    • In recent About.com tests, Macafee managed to detect 100% of all spyware infection, and it also shut down nearly 99% of spyware processes running in memory. While you cannot purchase Macafee anti-spyware without also purchasing their antivirus, the bundle is absolutely worth it at $39.99. If you are willing to spend money on your spyware and virus defense, then Macafee and Web Root are the two choices we recommend to everyone. If you are looking to save yourself a few dollars, then Lavasoft/Defender/Spybot can make for a good no-cost combination defense.


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