Anti-Spyware - How protected are you? Articles / Technology Date: Jan 08, 2005 - 03:40 PM The opinion poll on Anti-Spyware Programs and which one(s) people use was posted for a specific reason. That is to show exactly how unprotected people actually are. Recently, a friend sent me a URL to a test that had been done on Anti-Spyware and their efficiency, or lack thereof. i was both amazed and frightened by what i saw, and felt it was very important for people out there to realize just how big the threat of spyware is and how unprotected we are with whatever program(s) we use. According to the poll here, the top three Anti-Spyware programs used are Spy Sweeper, Ad-Aware, and Spybot S&D. Here is how they ranked in the tests. Spy Sweeper: Test 1 - 74 out of 134 detected Test 3 - 87 out of 153 detected Test 5 - 74 out of 138 detected Ad-Aware: Test 1 - 82 out of 134 detected Test 3 - 70 out of 153 detected Test 5 - 79 out of 138 detected Spybot S&D: Test 1 - 40 out of 134 detected Test 3 - 51 out of 153 detected Test 5 - 69 out of 138 detected Interestingly, one of the top scorers was Giant, one i had never heard about before. i would encourage everyone to check out the link below and read, read, read. It seems that the best way to protect yourself is to have a number of Anti-Spyware programs running at the same time, one of them being Giant. Stay safe and keep yourself protected! Click Here for the test results and information This article comes from The Virtual Illusion http://www.thevirtualillusion.com/main/ The URL for this story is: http://www.thevirtualillusion.com/main/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=27