Anyone with experience of Spyware Doctor?

AvengerUK · Mar 10, 2007, 19:13:37

Ok, thanks rik

- ill leave it on its own for now then!

Note: AMON can interfere with games a little, depending on how much info your game loads. However, it has a "exclude folder/file" option - which is simply great!

Rik · Mar 10, 2007, 19:31:54

I'll have to take your word on that Avenger. The nearest I come to a game is playing Solitaire when I'm really bored.

AvengerUK · Mar 10, 2007, 19:37:52

hehe

- well, for once the "fan boys" of something are "fan boys" for a good reason

mrapoc · Mar 10, 2007, 19:47:21

That reminds me, time to reinstall 2142 aka, Glitchmaster 3000

AvengerUK · Mar 10, 2007, 20:12:11

Heh

AvengerUK · Mar 10, 2007, 21:25:01

Just one thing to add, that ive noticed since installtion of NOD32 - On shutdown, the FDD is accessed 3 times. Not a problem, just a observation

Rik · Mar 11, 2007, 01:57:59

You have a FDD?

AMON > Setup > uncheck diskette.

AvengerUK · Mar 11, 2007, 08:37:49

Thanks rik

You never know...that FDD could be quite usefull at times

(actually, it gathers dust! - Only used it to load "boot it ng"!)

Rik · Mar 11, 2007, 11:10:48

I know what you mean, just once in a while something comes along, usually at boot time, that demands a floppy. However, I usually find that, by the time I need one, it has gathered so much dust as to be unusable (diskettes are getting quite hard to find too!), so I keep a USB floppy drive in the cupboard.

AvengerUK · Mar 11, 2007, 15:29:36

Unticking diskette doesnt do it rik, however unticking either "check on shutdown" or unticking the other box under deskette does it!

Should also note that ive decided i mayaswell go ahead and buy it

- it doesnt take long to impress me

Rik · Mar 11, 2007, 19:07:26

Glad to hear it, Avenger - you took about as long to decide as I did.

AvengerUK · Mar 22, 2007, 18:03:05

Just a quick question...

Now that spyware doctor 5 has been fully released, should i install that aswell?

I mean, Eset's threat engine also handles spyware etc apparently...not sure if that matters or not in use with a diff spyware scanner?

Rik · Mar 22, 2007, 18:11:41

I didn't stick long with SD, Avenger, as I found a few problems with it. I now use Webroot's SpySweeper, and run that once a week or so, I don't have it running in the background, NOD gets most things, I just let Sweeper try and find anything that's left, which it very rarely does.

AvengerUK · Mar 22, 2007, 18:14:56

Ok rik - ill have to dig out those instructions someone gave me on how to turn SD's background processes off..(in the forum here somewhere)!

Rik · Mar 22, 2007, 18:20:22

Or check their website?

AvengerUK · Mar 22, 2007, 18:22:42

Or that

rgt247 · Mar 22, 2007, 19:43:47

Hi

I have upgraded to v5 now 5.0.0.169 the quick scan ran in 5 mins. Seems ok so far will keep you updated if I have any problems........

AvengerUK · Mar 22, 2007, 20:40:25

Installed it

Seems to be ok now, but at first my Inet went (computer couldnt load any pages etc) then a NOD32 service crashed, then Firefox crashed...then IMON said "Repaired settings something or other" - and now working again :S.

Might of been because Firewall was stopping SD update (blocking) and i clicked cancel by mistake on NOD's update...

...Just hope it wasnt anything nasty / caused anything nasty!

Rik · Mar 23, 2007, 09:02:37

It sounds like the experience I had with SD. It's why it's an ex-program on my machine. I hope yours is OK though.

AvengerUK · Mar 23, 2007, 09:12:31

I think it must of been my firewall..true SD shouldnt of failed if my firewall blocked it...but, then again...most software does

Active gaurd settings are off, which is a good start

I just hope the settings IMON said it had changed/restored didnt mess anything up, not to mention NOD crashing in a update!

Rik · Mar 23, 2007, 09:15:19

If you're concerned about NOD, Avenger, go here and test it with EICAR.