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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by 1029usr078198[/i] [br][h3]AOL AntiSpyware Useless [size=2]Can we just admit it now?[/size=2][/h3] [size=1]Posted 2/6/2008[/size=1] Seriously, can't we just admit that America Online's AntiSpyware scanner is a joke? Now this is only my opinion, and it could be just me, but I have cleaned tons of spyware off computers that were "protected" with AOL's AntiSpyware offering. Why? Given AOL's propensity to force-feed updates to its subscribers, I can't imagine that they'd let anyone have outdated spyware signatures. If you are protected by AOL AntiSpyware and don't believe me, run the online scanners from [url="http://www.xblock.com"]XBlock[/url] and [url="http://www.ewido.net"]Grisoft[/url] (formerly Ewido). If I were a gambler, and not a computer guy, I'd give you 10-to-1 odds one or both of these will find something... or several somethings. A quick Google search reveals that [url="http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3296851"]originally AOL's AntiSpyware software was by Aluria[/url]. After Aluria was acquired by rival ISP Earthlink in 2005, AOL [url="http://www.news.com/AOL-swaps-out-anti-spyware-for-users/2110-1029_3-5875453.html"]switched to software based on CA's eTrust PestPatrol[/url]. I haven't used PestPatrol, but I hope it isn't as bad as the opinion I have of AOL's branded software. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.