Re: Consumer Reports magazine rates anti-spyware software

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 8/12/06, Richard M. Smith <rms () bsf-llc com> wrote:
> The September 2006 issue of Consumer Reports magazine
> (http://www.consumerreports.org) also rates a dozen desktop anti-spyware
> software packages.  Here are the results:
>
> 1. F-Secure Anti-spyware 89
> 2. Webroot Spy Sweeper 89
> 3. PC Tools Spyware doctor 88
> 4. Trend Micro Anti-spyware 85
> 5. Lavasoft Ad-Adware SE 79
> 6. Spybot search and destory 77
> 7. Zone Alarm Anti-spyware 76
> 8. Sunbelt CounterSpy 70
> 9. CA/eTrust Pest Patrol 67
> 10. BitDefender Antispyware 51
> 11. McAfee AntiSpyware 44
> 12. Microsoft Windows Defender 43


I cant find their testing methods for AS, since you probably have a
password for their site, can you post them?

-JP<who thinks its kinda odd Windows Defender even made it to the top 12>
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