Does Spybot and Ad-aware work the same way?

Spybot-For Spyware.

Ad-Aware-For anti-adware.

Well, the line between adware and spyware has a few shades of grey. What would you call a program that monitors your websurfing(spying), but also generates unwanted prompts trying to sell you products(ads)? Given that its all uninvited computer software in the end, the difference between the two programs is a matter of how many & what unwanted programs each is able to locate, isolate, or remove.

I've used both spybot and ad-aware in the past and I don't have any particular complaints. But I've read from multiple sources I have a lot of faith in(one of which is linked below), that the new superstars of keeping a PC clean are Super Antispyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

If you want just a single program I think you can get away with passing on Anti-Maleware unless you already suspect your machine has a nasty infection of some sort.

Also, pop ups from websurfing are back and unfortuantely there isn't a great way to block them at present. I won't claim to intimately know how it all works, but it apparently is due to the fact that the current generation of pop ups are generated by DHTML which is integrated into a given page in such a way that prevents a simple blocking protocal from knowing what part of the page to block and what part to allow.

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Both programs are essentially the same, they remove Malware--they do not generally protect against viruses however. You would want to look into something more like AVG, BitDefender, or even Symantec Antivirus for virus removal.

Malwarebytes is also a pretty decent malware removal tool. Unfortunately lately Ad-aware's anniversary addition has been touting ad pops from your task bar I'm assuming is part of it staying free.

I use both of them, & I usually run both scans at the same time without any kind of conflict. What versions do you use? I have spybot 1.6.0 & adaware se personal 1.06r1. Also, does it give you the option of telling it to stop bugging you with that alert? Because, neither one of them should pose any problem to your puter. You might try uninstalling them, then reinstalling them, & maybe that will work. It's worth a shot.

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both of them do the same. sure one will find stuff that the other does not. but work the same. if u want to use the best then use kaspersky internet suite. there viruse protection is the best. also they have system mechanic pro. which i use to clean my pc. it is the best. so give them a try u will feel the same as me. panda is also good but cost more money. u can download them for a trail version from download.com hope this helps u.

Those two programs are old. They have just went down hill now. And they both scan for spyware, adaware, keyloggers exc but there just named differently. I would ditch those programs and get

SUPERantispyware and malwarebytes anti-malware from CNET's download.com

they both suck money balls lol

use malwarebytes anti malware its way better

Also another good one is Super Antispyware Pro

and for virus protection use Nod 32 , Vipre , Dr Web (my favorite) , or AVG internet security the highest one

all these are the best

Don't think this is correct