Anti-spyware - ewido & TrojanHunter - feedback please?

[stockhausen]

I am looking at alternatives to the free Ad-aware & Spybot S&D. The reason being that I believe that some anti-spyware software 'ignores' certain malware threats where a software developer has shown that the user has accepted terms and conditions and perhaps has threatened legal action. This may apply even where the acceptance is 'uninformed'.

I understand that this may be the case for example with some sound card driver software (e.g. Creative Labs) and some 'player' software (e.g. Real Audio).

I have stumbled across ewido (www.ewido.net/en) & Trohan Hunter 4.6 (www.misec.net) and am having a look at the 'evaluation' versions. Two questions:
1. Does anyone have any experience of these products?
2. Does anyone know what malware (if any) is ignored by the various anti-spyware products?

Thanks for any feedback

 

[AJUK]

Ewido is absolute top class and is extremely effective at getting the nasties. I have used it on and off for years and it always stops or removes every piece of malware thrown at it, from tracking cookies all the way up to trojans.

I have no experience of Trojan Hunter but I suggest that you also check out A-squared.

 

[korbk]

PC Magazine reviewed Ewido and two others. Might be worth a look...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1996802,00.asp

 

[AJUK]

I am surprised by that review but given the magazine it is from I am not surprised. What they should have said is Ewido didn't pay us as much money as the others so it isn't as good.

That said Spysweeper is also top notch and you won't go far wrong with that.

DO a search on the Wilders forum and you will find lots of discussions about antimalware.

 

[stockhausen]

PC Magazine reviewed Ewido and two others. Might be worth a look...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1996802,00.asp

Thanks for that, perhaps I'll keep away from ewido until version 5.

I am surprised by that review but given the magazine it is from I am not surprised. What they should have said is Ewido didn't pay us as much money as the others so it isn't as good.

Tut, tut, how cynical. Still, as you say, Spysweeper seems to be well regarded - I'll have a look at that.

Thanks.

 

[megatron]

I am looking at alternatives to the free Ad-aware & Spybot S&D.

I use those two and spyware blaster. The laptop uses an all-in-one firewall/antispyware/viruscheck ect, from blueyonder which I believe is a clone of microsoft's anti-spyware.

Never heard of Ewido though.

 

[4T5]

Ewido pwns.
AJUK recommended it to me ages ago and i have used it ever since. Along with S&D, Ad-Aware SE. I also run xp anti spy.
Ewidos speed impresses me and it always finds something even after the other two.