Does AVG destroy spyware?

[Lorcan]

My computer is protected by AVG and automatically scans every file every day. I also have Ad-Aware.

Yesterday the scan show that I had got spyware.

Today's scan says that the computer is 100% clean.

Is the spyware gone?

[Ethel]

Yes

[kp nonuts]

Well it does not for me I have avg and keep it regulary up to date and run sybot search and destroy around every month and spybot always picks up and destroys loads of spyware

[tellboy]

regard AVG as anti virus and Ad Aware as Spyware etc. i.e run both

[Ethel]

AVG anti-virus

http://www.filehippo.com/download_avg_antiviru s/

AVG anti-spyware (formerly Ewido)

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ewido/

Two different things, both free.

Spybot

http://www.filehippo.com/download_spybot_searc h_destroy/

Adaware
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ad-aware/

A2
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

All of these are free. All will find something the others don't. There is no reason why all of these can't be run on the same pc.

[ACtheTROLL]

the answer to your question is probably.
there is no such thing as 100% ... and there are many different types of threats ... from phishing and spoof (which both rely on your gullibility - through adware to keyloggers and rootkits. No single product will get all of them
(currently AVG is regarded as having an 84% detection rate, AVIRA 92% and Kaspersky 98% {no one got 100!})

Avg (virus) doesn't destroy spyware
ad-ware does (but not viruses)
neither can even see a rootkit
so you need to assemble a toolkit that will keep you safe.

Don't believe everything you read either .... google can be a godsend ... but just because fred bloggs of Baltimore was "delighted" by the performance of the black death scanner and thinks it's worth every penny - doesn't mean a thing. If you are serious ... stick with mainstream software or progs which are recommended by a source you know to be legitimate

with all respect to ethel .... you should never use a download service (or tinyurl) to obtain software if the software vendor has their own site .... phishing and viruses can be spread from third party vendors (and because tinyurl obscures the address ... you have no idea where you are likely to end up).