XoftSpy---What is it?

It is not a program I would recommend:

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=61321

understood.

 

 

Thank you, Joe. I will tell her to uninstall the software and install something better. Such as AVG Free Anti-Virus.

S.C

 

Without getting into the "pros" of AVG anti-virus, and the "cons" of XoftSpy...

 

it needs to be stressed here that these are two totally different applications...

meaning any "comparison" between them would be like comparing apples and oranges:

 

AVG anti-virus is an anti- VIRUS program.

XoftSpy is [debatably] an anti- SPYWARE [or more generally, an anti- MALWARE] program.

 

Every person should be running exactly one RESIDENT anti- VIRUS program;

together with ONE RESIDENT anti- MALWARE program --- which should be complemented with at least one more ON-DEMAND anti- MALWARE scanner.

 

Resident:   means continually running, in real-time --- providing preventive protection.

On-Demand:  means a scanner you can choose to run whenever you choose to... to remove problems, after they've already found their way in to your system.

Dave,

I was not only going to tell her to download AVG Anti-Virus, but along with anti-spyware too. Sorry if that wasn't clear enough.