5th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (May 3, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 50.49%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 50.16%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 35.60%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 34.30%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 31.39%
• McAfee antispyware: 30.10%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 27.83%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 24.60%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 22.65%
• Spybot S&D: 10.36%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 8.09%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 70.97%
• McAfee antispyware: 64.52%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 64.52%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 64.52%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 61.29%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 61.29%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 58.06%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 54.84%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 51.61%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 41.94%
• Spybot S&D: 38.71%
  

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