Reason for Spybot S&D removal from How to Protect yourself from malware thread?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by majinbuu, Sep 16, 2013.

  1. majinbuu

    majinbuu Specialist

    Hi

    I was just wanting to know the reason why Spybot S&D was removed from the "How to Protect yourself from malware!" sticky.

    I am using version 1.6.2 since I found the newer v2 to be quite bloated and annoying. Should I still be using 1.6.2 since it still downloads the lastest malware signatures? Or is there an important reason why it was removed as a recommended antispyware tool?

    Cheers
    Sam
     
    majinbuu, Sep 16, 2013
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Just not that useful anymore and as you noted V2 is too bloated. We also never liked Teatimer.

    You can still use the old version and make use of the bad download blocker and hosts file protection if you wish but I would not use Teatimer. Modern antivirus programs already included antispyware too.
     
    chaslang, Sep 16, 2013
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