Ewido > AVG Anti-Spyware

Anti-Virus programs offer insufficient protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers.

That's where the protection of AVG Anti-Spyware begins and supplements existing security applications to create a complete security system - because only a complete security system works effectively.

I counted many brand scanners on the internet and found that I actually have four different scanners. Three of them are spyware scanners; Spybot, Ad-Aware, and Microsoft AntiSpyware. The last one is Ewido. I installed it mainly because it can scans for Trojans. Having four scanners may seem a bit extreme safe but they are not really that much trouble because all of the scanners can be started together and run at startup. I do a scan once a week. When I do it, I launch each program, select the option to perform updates and minimize it. I then do the same thing to each scanner. Start the scanning process and leave it alone for about an hour. However, a screensaver uses many system resources which can slow down the scans, so you should turn it off temporary.

My main aim that installing the Ewido scanner is to be able to find Trojan horses. A Trojan horse is a bad behavior program that can infects your computer and allows a hacker to take control of it silently. A Trojan infection allows a third party to remotely access your computer. Technically, a Trojan is not actually a virus so your virus scanner may not detect it. Trojans do not replicate themselves like viruses so you must download them on onto your computer. Typically, they are disguised as something else (which is the basis of the name Trojan). Most people tend to think of Trojans as a virus; however, a virus scanner may catch only some Trojans but not all of them.

Note:
The first two weeks that you use the program, Ewido will have options for real time protection and automatic updates. These options will be disabled after two weeks when the program reverts to the freeware version (which is what I use). The scanner will continue to function identically to the commercial version.

Ewido Home Page: http://www.ewido.net/en
Download Ewido: http://download.ewido.net/ewido-setup.exe