I have been spyware free ever since I upgraded Windows to Service Pack 2 and have installed McAfee Security Center 2005. I have not even needed to download Ad-Aware SE or any other spyware removers. This has got to be the greatest thing ever. I have been spyware free for a good 2 months now. I say it was worth the money to get McAfee. By the way, im not even using Mozilla or any other browser, I am using good ole' IE 6!

I say spend the money and the time to update/install Service Pack 2 and McAfee
Security Center.

Hi all,
Don't want to get into the "which is best" controversy etc. Everybody has their own oppinion(s).. all probably valid for some reason of personal experience. The issue to remember is that the "spyware/virus etc. wars" is an everchanging, dynamic due to the very nature of the "bugs" out there. All the detection & removal proggies out there will probably have everchanging "rankings" in the battle for who can fix it first. True, even some of the bigger co's have made some major blunders in the past re: messing up peoples computers with their "updates'upgrades" but hey, that's just the "nature" of the territory. My advice is to always keep a "clean" backup copy of your system & only do manual (not automatic) upgrades & then test the "update/upgrade" yourself.
Personally, I prefer specific tools rather than "suites" because I think it gives me more control & often some insight into what's going on inside the computer.

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Just some thoughts
RGPHNX

Well, from my experience, Ad-Aware and Etrust have always worked for me. Etrust costs a little bit but is well worth the money. It picks up everything and Ad-Aware does quite a good job. Yeah that's my opinion on everything.

Microsoft AntiSpyware is good...