Anti-adware misses most malware

There are only two newsletters that I read from beginning to end issue. The best one is Windows Secrets newsletter which is edited by Brian Livingston and Paul Thurott. Brian has written many books and writes for several magazines. Paul has also written some books, and is well know from his Supersite for Windows web site. They both write for this excellent newsletter. There is a free version, and then an extended paid version.
This latest issue was great. There was a lengthy article about how poor all commonly used anti-adware software is. Apparently the best one is the Giant Anti-spyware (now Microsoft Anti-spyware). But even then, at best it removed only 70% of the adware on the system. You should definitely check out the newsletter on the web and then subscribe.

FYI… the other newsletter I read beginning to end is Scot’s Newsletter.

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