Anti-Spyware Test

**Enyo** · October 7th, 2004

Anti-Spyware Test produced by Eric L. Howes

Read: http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm

Results: http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-results-1.htm

BBR Thread: http://tinyurl.com/3jwcq

**Lee** · October 7th, 2004

mmm I am sure you mean spyware test! Afterall you're looking to find it.

**Enyo** · October 7th, 2004

It's a test of Anti-Spyware products. A Spyware test would be a test of the Spyware itself, we don't really care how effective the Spyware is do we?

**ming** · October 7th, 2004

whow... Spybot is the S%$t of the load!??!

**Enyo** · October 7th, 2004

Yes It would appear so.

Considering this test from a very highly respected source such a Eric I would call it very accurate indeed to.

Appears that the best of the test applications is Giant AS and unsurprisingly Pest Patrol is the worst in terms of false positives! I don't really think the two market leaders, SpyBot and AAW did particularly well in this test. I think a score of 100 should be a minimum for both of these products.

**Mainframeguy** · October 8th, 2004

/me goes to download trial of Giant AS

Reg · October 11th, 2004

This is good information. I have always wanted to know this info and I'm quite suprised.

October 7th, 2004	Top \| #1
Enyo OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2003 Posts: 1,338 Reputation: 330 Power: 130	Anti-Spyware Test Anti-Spyware Test produced by Eric L. Howes Read: http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm Results: http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-results-1.htm BBR Thread: http://tinyurl.com/3jwcq

October 7th, 2004	Top \| #4
ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	whow... Spybot is the S%$t of the load!??! Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

October 8th, 2004	Top \| #6
Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 169	/me goes to download trial of Giant AS hosted by Lord

October 11th, 2004	Top \| #7
Reg eXperienced! Joined: March 2002 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 639 Reputation: 100 Power: 132	This is good information. I have always wanted to know this info and I'm quite suprised. Please use the reputation system! If you find a members post to be helpful, reward them by clicking the under there name so to encourage other helpful posts.

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October 7th, 2004	Top \| #2
Lee OSNN Proxy Joined: January 2004 Location: Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, England. Posts: 3,330 Reputation: 1020 Power: 145	mmm I am sure you mean spyware test! Afterall you're looking to find it.

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Enyo OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2003 Posts: 1,338 Reputation: 330 Power: 130	It's a test of Anti-Spyware products. A Spyware test would be a test of the Spyware itself, we don't really care how effective the Spyware is do we?

October 7th, 2004	Top \| #5
Enyo OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2003 Posts: 1,338 Reputation: 330 Power: 130	Yes It would appear so. Considering this test from a very highly respected source such a Eric I would call it very accurate indeed to. Appears that the best of the test applications is Giant AS and unsurprisingly Pest Patrol is the worst in terms of false positives! I don't really think the two market leaders, SpyBot and AAW did particularly well in this test. I think a score of 100 should be a minimum for both of these products.