- Dec 2, 2016
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SuperAntiSpyware. It was great at detecting cookies but that's about it.
Borderline even calling it an AV.SuperAntiSpyware. It was great at detecting cookies but that's about it.
Net Protector Total Security.
It has some of the worst detection rates I've ever seen.
That appears to be a rebrand of RogueKiller.
I remember some of my friends and relatives use NP and when I asked, they would say that their repair engineer recommended it for their system. This had been a trend among the computer repair (sw/hw) engineers at least in my city Mumbai. NP, Avast, QuickHeal.Net Protector Total Security.
It has some of the worst detection rates I've ever seen.
I hope a lot of people read this. I see their products on friends devices, they've asked me to look at a scan result that claimed this or that. Its important that people realise the result can be aimed at them installing more iObit products, rather than cleaning an infection on their machine. I get the friends to test the claimed infected file on VT or Jottis to reassure them that they've been conned a FP. The driver scan utility seems to like finding older drivers than already installed and compatible ones.iobit products are garbage packed with adware and scareware
I've been using Driver Booster since it was first released. In my experience using it on at least tens of computers, the only time it will find an older driver, is if the driver already installed is a generic Microsoft one and the new driver is the proper OEM one. Sometimes the generic drivers are newer, but it is better to use the OEM ones. In my experience, Driver Booster is one of the best driver updaters there is. I have found that some other driver updates will on occasion, want to replace an OEM driver with an older OEM one, because the older driver has a higher version number. I don't think I've ever seen Driver Booster do that.The driver scan utility seems to like finding older drivers than already installed and compatible ones.
Interesting how we've had differing experiences.I've been using Driver Booster since it was first released. In my experience using it on at least tens of computers, the only time it will find an older driver, is if the driver already installed is a generic Microsoft one and the new driver is the proper OEM one. Sometimes the generic drivers are newer, but it is better to use the OEM ones. In my experience, Driver Booster is one of the best driver updaters there is. I have found that some other driver updates will on occasion, want to replace an OEM driver with an older OEM one, because the older driver has a higher version number. I don't think I've ever seen Driver Booster do that.
I don't think I've seen even a single false positive with the free version of IObit Malware Fighter or the spyware scan in Advanced SystemCare. They both have absolutely terrible detection rates, so are not good for protecting against or removing malware and as such I would never install IMF to clean malware from an infected computer.
I've been testing the beta of IMF 7, using both its own scan engine and Bitdefender's and found that is has slightly better detection rates than Bitdefender does. This is not a recommendation of any kind, but is what I have witnessed.
The iobit products have been in my system for more than 15 years without any problems.I've been using Driver Booster since it was first released. In my experience using it on at least tens of computers, the only time it will find an older driver, is if the driver already installed is a generic Microsoft one and the new driver is the proper OEM one. Sometimes the generic drivers are newer, but it is better to use the OEM ones. In my experience, Driver Booster is one of the best driver updaters there is. I have found that some other driver updates will on occasion, want to replace an OEM driver with an older OEM one, because the older driver has a higher version number. I don't think I've ever seen Driver Booster do that.
I don't think I've seen even a single false positive with the free version of IObit Malware Fighter or the spyware scan in Advanced SystemCare. They both have absolutely terrible detection rates, so are not good for protecting against or removing malware and as such I would never install IMF to clean malware from an infected computer.
I've been testing the beta of IMF 7, using both its own scan engine and Bitdefender's and found that is has slightly better detection rates than Bitdefender does. This is not a recommendation of any kind, but is what I have witnessed.
It hasn't got anything do with the brand, as I've used it on just about every brand of computer. Even looking back to the very first version, I can't recall it ever wanting to install older drivers. Sometimes it will recommend a touchpad driver which is made by a different OEM than the actual manufacturer of the touchpad. Usually the driver will work, but it is not the correct one. But, this is an issue for just about all driver updaters.I haven't used DB myself for several years but I've seen the results on other peoples' machines more recently and when checked with the device/MB etc vendor its often been the case that there were better/newer drivers already installed. I don't recall checking this for at least a year or so, maybe the driver scanner has got better, maybe it works better with certain brands?
They can. But Driver Booster does a very good job of finding the correct drivers and as a result, rarely causes problems. When using Driver Booster (and some of the others I use), I usually let it install every driver it finds.generally most driver updaters are very dangerous. they can cause BSODs