[shard92]

Does anyone know of any issues with running any of the following on Vista?..

AVG free 7.5x
Spybot 1.4
adaware se personal 1.06
spywareblaster v351

these are programs I have recommended to friends/family in the past but with vista arriving on the scene I was wondering if this is still a good idea.... I don't have vista and don't plan on getting it ( at least not till sp1 or so...) so I don't have any test bed..... others I have know have already gotten vista ( against my recommendation ) so.....

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AVG free 7.5x <---I had issues, but others find it works OK
Spybot 1.4 <---Yes
adaware se personal 1.06 <---It runs, but it wasn't made for Vista. There is a beta that's being tested to run with 'all' windows.
spywareblaster v351 <--Yes, plus SpywareGuard.

[Jacee]

AVG free 7.5x <---I had issues, but others find it works OK
Spybot 1.4 <---Yes
adaware se personal 1.06 <---It runs, but it wasn't made for Vista. There is a beta that's being tested to run with 'all' windows.
spywareblaster v351 <--Yes, plus SpywareGuard.

[shard92]

thanks.... I'll keep that in mind.... i tried looking at there websites but didn't find much info.... avg said the commercial verstion was vista compatible but didn't say anything about the free version.... the others I either didn't find anything or couldn't get to parts of their websites....

oh and thanks for reminding me of spyware guard I've recommended that before in the past as well...

[Jacee]

Links and tutorials:

Spybot S&D download and tutorial:
http://www.bleepingc...showtutorial=43
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Ad-Aware SE download and Tutorial:
http://www.bleepingc...uter-tut48.html
http://www.lavasoftu...ftware/adaware/


SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard:
http://www.javacools...m/products.html
Spyware Guard is a real-time malware scanner
SpywareBlaster tutorial:
http://www.bleepingc...ware-tut49.html
SpywareGuard tutorial:
http://www.bleepingc...kers-tut50.html