Spybot vs Malware Bytes

[bill of oz]

do these two programs scan for the same things? or different things?

i normally use malware bytes when doing virus removals, i recently had a computer that was pretty severely infected, i used adwcleaner, then JRT, then i scanned with malware bytes and it came up with about 150 infections which i then removed/quarantined, at this point the computer was running pretty well,

i had a bit of spare time so immediately after that, kind of just for fun i ran a scan with spybot, i was a bit surprised that spybot came back with over 200 infections that malware bytes did not pick up

 

[voyagerfan99]

Spybot is crappy outdated software. Malwarebytes is much better.

 

[bill of oz]

Spybot is crappy outdated software. Malwarebytes is much better.

i value, respect, and very much appreciate your opinion,

i am not trying to argue with you, just trying to educate myself, but if malware bytes is much better, why did it not pick up the 200+ viruses that spybot did?

 

[aldan]

hey bill,spybot picks up more false positives now than real infections.like voyager said its quite outdated.malwarebytes is the "real meal deal".

 

[bill of oz]

hey bill,spybot picks up more false positives now than real infections.like voyager said its quite outdated.malwarebytes is the "real meal deal".

thanks!

 

[jamesd1981]

Some programs like cleaners and malware detectors simply display a load of crap to make you think they actually work.

Malwarebytes is very well known and time tested program, I also use iobit malware fighter which is pretty good.

 

[johnb35]

Can I ask what were some of the things that Spybot caught? Do you still have access to the logfile from Spybot? I would like to see it.

 

[bill of oz]

Can I ask what were some of the things that Spybot caught? Do you still have access to the logfile from Spybot? I would like to see it.

unfortunately i do not,

i kind of only glanced at the list quickly, none of the threats/viruses seemed to be severe (you know how spy bot gives you a scale of how severe each threat is), they were all on the lower end of the scale

 

[bill of oz]

I also use iobit malware fighter which is pretty good.

thanks! i will check that one out!

 

[Agent Smith]

I use malwarebytes and Super antispyware. Best two you could use. But I use a lot of other scanners too.

 

[bill of oz]

I use malwarebytes and Super antispyware. Best two you could use. But I use a lot of other scanners too.

thanks,

i have heard good things about super antispyware, but have never tried it or checked it out, i guess i will!

looks like i will ditch the use of spybot