[dba-Tech] Counter Spy

I've had Pest Patrol (now renamed to CA Anti-Spy) running along with
periodic scanning with XBlocker, Ewido AS online (Now AVG AS),  Adaware, and
Spybot S&D. I also occasionally scan with other tools and online scanners.
Other than cookies, I've not had other issues show up. Pest Patrol has an
active component also but I think CounterSpy's is much better so since CSv2
came out I've turned Pest Patrol's active protection off. I do have it
scheduled to run a scan at noon every day - which is Pest Patrol's greatest
strength - it can run a scan in about a minute!

I just cleaned a client's laptop that had Norton 360 and SpySweeper
installed, and updated on it. It had he "SpyLock" spyware on it. When
discussing the issue on CounterSpy's technical support forum, the SunBelt
staff was surprised that SpySweeper would allow it through and I got the
impression that they have a lot of respect for that product. I think maybe
the client's kids had disable it while using his laptop.

If I'm on a customer site and need to run Spyware scans I generally use
XBlocker or AVG's online scanners. If they agree to try the CounterSpy 15
day trial (or just purchase it outright) then I download and install it and
skip the rest.