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Are you sure you selected the
best anti-spyware solution?
by
Richard Rossbauer
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Everywhere you turn
anymore - TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines - there's an advertisement for anti-spyware software --
all claiming to be the best of the best.
How can a person know which
is the best one to really keep them safe?
I suggest that it'll take more than just one program to provide the
best protection against
adware and spyware intrusions.
Making the best anti-spyware choices among the increasing number of programs
available can be somewhat overwhelming.
Here's a way to make comparisons and selections a bit
easier. Just do a quick Google search for antispyware
software and you'll see more than 4,950,000
listings! But don't be dismayed -
- change that Google entry to "anti-spyware software reviews" and the
number drops to around 3000. Be sure to use the (") marks around
your entries to narrow the search results. |
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You can follow these same steps if you're looking for the best
firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, or other programs.
Next step, look for the most recent dates in the search report descriptions and
find sources that are more recognizable, such as computer magazines
(pc Magazine, etc.) Check through their top 10
or 20 listings.
Select and visit 5 or 6 of the top listed sources. The ones that
include 'side by side'
comparisons in their descriptions are often the easier ones to use
for your anti-spyware choices. Look
for more results
like those shown at these sites:
pc Magazine review,
compare spyware removers, and
anti-spyware-review.topten
A note of caution, and the reason for checking more than one or two
search results - many of the "Review Sites" are sponsored by
software developers and their first choices may be biased.
Now you'll need to take a few notes. Write down the top ranking 3 or
4 software titles in each review. In addition to having the highest
ratings, these often indicate the highest user popularity. This
reflects user satisfaction with how well they clean out your
computer, how difficult they are to download and install, and how
easy the program instructions are to understand.
Select at least 2 of the titles that appear most often in all of the
reviews.
Most of the top rated anti-spyware programs offer free spyware scans or time
limited trials. In your selection process, take advantage of these
opportunities. When you do, you might be surprised
to find that each misses some bugs that are found by the others.
That's why you need more than one anti-spyware program.
Also look into the benefits and features for a program that spots
and stops incoming bugs
while you are online - referred to as "Real Time". Very important. Select one of these, too.
Of course, your firewall and anti-virus programs must be up-to-date
to minimize the spyware and adware intrusions.
Conducting in-depth research and tests of spyware effectiveness is
well beyond the capabilities
of nearly all everyday Internet users. But since it is being done by
others, it just makes sense
to take advantage of the efforts of those research organizations and
individuals when you make your anti-spyware choices. I believe it's up to all of us to help those home computer users, websurfers and Internet users
who
are less aware.
A great place to start is with family, friends and peers. Helping
them avoid the
spyware traps, scams, and other malicious stuff will help us, too.
Encourage them to visit and learn from helpful websites, newsletters
and reports. The
Firewalls-and-virus-protection.com website and
Security Alert News
Reporter
will give
them a good, safe start.
... Richard Rossbauer
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You are invited to visit Richard
Rossbauer's "Firewalls
and Virus Protection" website and "Security
Alert News Reporter". They help everyday Internet users
navigate safely through the Cyber Space that has become a 'Cyber
Jungle', loaded with ambushes and booby traps. Richard promotes his "Computer
Security Awareness Campaign" thru his website at
https://www.firewalls-and-virus-protection.com
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