Is anyone having problems with Microsoft Antispyware?

candyliquor35m
candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I've heard on here that it's not very good but I installed it a long time ago and now after it runs, it leaves a program called GIANTANTISPYWAREUPDATER running which slows my computer down to a crawl so bad that I have to end the process. Then everything speeds back up. Is anyone else having this problem?

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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Ditto.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,856
    edited February 2006
    Agreed, Spybot and Ad-Aware are your friends.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited February 2006
    you might want to try spywareblaster it's free.
    It prevents spyware from installing on your computer.
    http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited February 2006
    Try uninstalling it and grab the new one called Defender (beta 2). No problem with this one as of now. No GIANTANTISPYWAREUPDATER process running either.

    This may have been one of the fixes.


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    I could just never bring myself to trust Microsoft's Spyware program. Adaware and Spybot have served me well enough, and using Firefox and common sense I never get anything anymore, anyways.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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