Talk:Spybot - Search & Destroy
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[edit] Government spyware
A while (maybe a year) ago there was some move afoot for governments (I heard the US government, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't others too) to "request" the authors malware-detection programs to silently ignore the keylogger (etc.) programs that said governments would like to use on the machines of "bad people". As Spybot appears to be a donation-only one-man outfit (unlike some of the others, which are proper businesses selling "professional" editions), I wonder if he's said whether or not he'll comply. Anyone know? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:41, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me.
- Spybot/Safer Networking Ltd. is not a one-man outfit - even without the voluntary helpers, what is shown in their Gallery is less than half the staff. The government software mentioned is probably the thing that is sometimes named "Magic Lantern", and Team Spybot would gladly add it if they would get samples of it.
- Doubt a german would give into such a request by the US gov.--Andeee 12:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] from VfD
On 1 August 2004, this article was nominated for deletion. The consensus decision was to keep the article though there were some additional recommendations for edits. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Spybot - Search & Destroy for a record of the discussion. Rossami 05:05, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Forum Does not exist.
I tried going to the forum but they don't exist so i have removed the link on the forums
- It's currently offline, I edited it back in. --Denniss 10:39, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Winfixer
Does spybot do a good job of getting rid of the winfixer adware, i tried it out and it said it deleted it but the thing still pops up. (Brodey)
I have the same problem, I'm scanning now, I can give you an answer about an hour later. Nyiz 23:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- update: It deleted from my PC and shows no more popup! But I got ErrorSafe, not WinFixer, but I think it's the same. I now it's a cliché, but get the latest version, with the latest definition archive. It'll help you.... I hope. Nyiz 23:36, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] net-integration.net gone?
Is net-integration.net, one of the main (official?) support sites for Spybot gone for good? Does anyone know what happened to it? --NEMT 05:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TeaTimer?!
The article has no info on this important feature. --Espoo 09:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Award Years?
All reports of awards to such programs should include at least the last year for each award. These things are in constant flux, and an old award would be of limited relevance, other than historical. 68.236.103.195 15:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spybot S&D vs. Symantec
Shouldn't something be said about this? Solidsnake204 21:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- What's the problem with those two ? --Denniss 13:06, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- (belatedly) Symantec products have, on multiple occasions, reportedly detected Spybot S&D or portions thereof as various malicious software. I personally never saw a report of it other than on Spybot's homepage. Of course, I never looked either. Kisc 16:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Norton deals with viruses, trojans, worms and others more efficiently, Spybot deletes spyware, adware, keyloggers, hackers etc. Besides, Symantec is one of the largest (THE largest?) Anti-virus software corporations and Spybot's developers consists of volounteers and some translators. Therefore, it is unfair to compare them with each other. Lifeisagame247 12:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- Any comparison between competing products would be subjective, susceptible to change, open to debate, at risk of legal backlash, etc. Wikipedia aint the place. There are plenty of PC mag articles with good comparison write-ups. --Jquarry 03:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
- The question is not whether they ought to be compared, but whether there ought to be mention made of the conflict I mentioned in March. I'm not certain whether it is encyclopedic, and, as I've suggested above, finding reports of it this late in the day may prove problematic. A quick glance at google reveals only forum and blog posts. Which is not to suggest that I believe Kolla made it up, just that I don't see any third party verifiable blah blah blah. Kisc 06:40, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Any comparison between competing products would be subjective, susceptible to change, open to debate, at risk of legal backlash, etc. Wikipedia aint the place. There are plenty of PC mag articles with good comparison write-ups. --Jquarry 03:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted "and keyloggers"
Previous text was "Spybot is not intended to replace anti-virus programs, but it does detect some common trojans and keyloggers.". I deleted "and keyloggers".
According to feature spec of Spybot, it removes "adware, spyware, dialers, keyloggers trojans and other baddies". All of these things are things an antispyware is SUPPOSED to do, except for trojans, which is an "extra".
On the other hand, an anti-virus' task is to remove viruses, trojans and worms. This distinction is often missed which leads to confusions as to where the border between antiviruses and antispyware is. So I thought it was important to correct this, even if it seems like a small thing.
Note: "adware, spyware, dialers, keyloggers" may be the "payloads" of the viruses, trojans and worms. The words "viruses, trojans and worms" describe means of spreading, the other words describes the harm done. I'm pretty sure this is the most correct view at it, even though everyone including AV manufacturers seem pretty confused.
And for the record I had 3 trojans on my PC for 2 years missed by both Adaware and Spybot, but detected when i later installed Kaspersky AV. So I don't believe the trojan detection ratio of Adaware and Spybot is very high.
