I’ve just come across this antispyware installation prevention program called ‘Spyware Blaster’ is it ok if i use it along side with Norton?
Hi ShinOrochiX,
I suggest installing the free (non-realtime) version of Malwarebytes instead of Spyware Blaster (and if Spyware Blaster has realtime protection, then in any case I strongly recommend that you do not install it, as it might interfere with NIS 2010) if you want a supplementary security program - like Ad-Aware, I think Spyware Blaster is no longer that recommendable. You can get Malwarebytes free version, if you want to install it, from over here:
Please remember that it has to be upated manually - at least twice a day.
Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 11-11-2009 06:53 PM
Hi,
Spyware Blaster's features are on this page:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
The main reason I like it is because it blocks harmful sites I don't think it will clash with Norton I just want to know what you think.
You can install the free version since it states that it can run alongside antivirus pograms without causing conflicts. And if you don’t like it, you can always uninstall it. The final decision is up to you 
Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 11-11-2009 07:10 PM
Thanks for your help.
Thanks again Yaso your always ready to help out!
Yaso_Kuuhl wrote:
You can install it since it states that it can run alongside antivirus pograms without causing conflicts. And if you don't like it, you can always uninstall it. The final decision is up to you :-)Message Edited by Yaso_Kuuhl on 11-11-2009 07:04 PM
Let me add to this excellent advice:
NIS is not an antivirus program. NAV is an antivirus program. NIS is a suite that INCLUDES an antivirus program and a Firewall and a number of other sub-applications designed to provide total security while using your computer. And it even includes an antispam program.
While it might be true that Spyblaster does not conflict with AV-ware; it duplicates functions that are part of NIS. In particular, both Spyblaster and NIS are going to intercept your browser contacts with the internet and try to determine, each with its own strategy and database, if the particular URL is safe. Each will then try to give you the appropriate message, again based on its own design, as to whether the site is safe or not. Now, I agree completely with Yaso that you are PROBABLY safe. If "probably" is enough for you, then fine, go ahead and do it. As for myself, if I were so confident in Spyblaster's ability to detect unsafe websites as to prefer it to NIS, then I would open NIS's settings and disable NIS' own "Safe Surfing".
If you do choose to keep both active, then for the benefit of the rest of us, please report back here in a couple of weeks and let us know how it went.
Thanks for the advice, I’ll report back soon how everythings been going.
Spyware Blaster states:
SpywareBlaster is built to work with any other software on your PC. You can add it as an additional, powerful layer of protection to whatever software you already have installed. In fact, SpywareBlaster's protection works well to augment nearly any combination of security and privacy tools, by focusing on prevention.
I guess "any other software" includes security software with firewall like NIS...at least, I hope it does ;-))) I guess the manufacturers know, or should know what they're writing about :-D
Yaso_Kuuhl wrote:...
I guess "any other software" includes security software with firewall like NIS...at least, I hope it does ;-))) I guess the manufacturers know, or should know what they're writing about :-D
LOL (really).
Hi
I think that is just a line to get people to download and use their program. It said it doesn't have to be run full time, but I think it still installs the drivers and things that will be put into your system and even if they aren't active, they are still there. What needs to be checked out are other people's views who have used the program and what they say about it, not just what the makers of the program claim. Of course the makers of the program will praise it to no end to get people to use it.
Message Edited by floplot on 11-11-2009 02:36 PM
Hi,
SpywareBlaster is a perfectly compatible, and excellent program to use alongside your other installed security software. Contrary to what was said earlier, it does not duplicate any function found in NIS or NAV. It is different from most other anti-malware applications in that it does not run on your system or scan anything. It is completely passive once you have enabled its protections. Therefore, there are no conflicts. Basically, SpywareBlaster does three things:
- It blocks malware from installing via Active-X. It does this by setting the killbit for Active-X controls that are known to be malicious. This is a simple setting of registry keys that prevent the Active-X based malware from installing, or if already present on the system, from running. This is an Internet Explorer safeguard, as Firefox does not support Active-X.
- It populates the Restricted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer with a list of bad sites so that those sites cannot download or install malware if they are visited.
- It populates the Cookies Sites lists in Internet Explorer and Firefox with a blacklist of sites that are known to set ad and tracking cookies and sets the option to always block cookies from those sites.
As you can see, the program is a simple tool that sets registry killbits and browser block-lists and then stops running. There are a few additional convenience features but the main protection functions are those that I have outlined above. I have been using SpywareBlaster for many years and I highly recommend it, especially if you use IE. It simply locks things down in a way that you would do manually if you had a lot of time and a list of all the bad Active-X CSLIDs and known bad websites. It is free. A paid subscription will get you automatic updates; otherwise you can update manually.
Message Edited by SendOfJive on 11-11-2009 05:10 PM
Message Edited by SendOfJive on 11-11-2009 05:11 PM