Here is the one you (and us) have been waiting for, the first REAL Anti-Spyware test. This test was done to push the limits of all the Anti-Spyware programs that we currently offer to you. This test was difficult for all the Anti-Spyware programs since only severe and highly ranked spywares were used. The main reason for using difficult to remove spyware is that any program can remove tracking cookies or “Bad Sites”, but not all of them are equal in removing or catching difficult to remove spyware.

The tests were conducted using Windows XP Professinal SP2, emulated in a VMware engine. Our sample list contains 22,847 spywares, in many types such as:

Adwares
BHO's (browser helper object)
Browser Hijackers
Dialers
Downloaders
Droopers
Exploits
Flooders
Keyloggers
Remote Administration Tools
Trackware
Rootkits
Trojans and Trojan based spywares
System Monitors
And more...

No tracking cookies or any of the Low rated spywares were used.

All programs tested had the latest updates and they were tested using their full scanning capabilities.

The Results
(Anti-Spyware Name / Detection Rate)

1)Sunbelt CounterSpy 2.1.0.917/ 81.13% (new)
2)Spyware Doctor 5.0.0.174 / 78.34% (new)
3)Spy Sweeper 5.3.1.2344/ 75.89%
4)Ashampoo AntiSpyware 1.50 / 69.45%
5)Microsoft Windows Defender 1.1.1593.0/ 66.34%
6)Trend Micro Anti-Spyware 3.5.1041/ 65.91%
7)Zero Spyware 3.4/ 61.36%
8)Spy Emergency 3.0.315/ 60.73%
9)SUPER AntiSpyware Professional 3.5.0.1016/ 59.96
10)ParetoLogic Anti-Spyware 5.0.224/ 59.69%
11)Ad-Aware SE Professional 1.06/ 59.27%
12)Spyware Terminator 1.8.0.925/ 26.82%
13)Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4/ 23.41%

cool, thx zebra.

note: Super AntiSpyware does a decent job on getting rid of pop-ups on my pc.