Spyware doctor starter edition question?

Question

is spyware doctor enogh alone for prtection i hear it dose not have a lot of protection as the full version . and what are some other free anti-spyware programs you use

Answer 1

No, the Spyware Doctor Starter is fantastic at doing what it does best, removing malware.  It does not include a lot of the good scale protection that Spyware Doctor normally comes with.  So it's best not to leave that program running, only when you want to run a scan.

The good news is that they have PC Tools Threatfire which is the reverse of the Starter Edition of SD.  It has all the protection of SD, just none of the removal.

Freeware - PC Tools Threatfire:

- http://www.threatfire.com/

Another good program is Spyware Blaster.  It's great at blocking things from Internet Explorer and Firefox.

1) Freeware - Spyware Blaster:

- http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

After that as long as you have a good antivirus and firewall you're set.  Check out the link below for lists of the best freeware programs you can find:

http://ultcomprepair.blogspot.com/2008/0...

Answer 2

Spyware Doctor screwed up my pc,gave me blue screens and slowed it down.Had to format and reinstall.

Use the following

Antivirus- http://www.free-av.com

Antispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com

                    http://www.safer-networking.org

Spywareblaster is also a good program

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

Firewall:

Webroot desktop firewall is the best free one: http://www.webroot.com

Answer 3

spyware doctor is a good on demand antispyware scanner but for lone protection it is sub par as most of its protections have been disabled and found only on the paid version.  Other good free antispyware softwares with real time scanners are spybot search and destroy, spyware terminator, comodo BOclean, spywareblaster and spywareguard.  Just uncheck all other options when installing some of these softwares (such as toolbars install options) as these are not quite needed.