is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
SP2 machine?

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Yes, I also recommend adding malwarebytes to your arsenal.

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"Farhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
> SP2 machine?
>
> --
>
>
> Farhan
>

Yes, but I've recently decided the better combination of Spyware
detect/removal tools is Spybot 1.6 and MalwareBytes 1.30
*MalwareBytes free version
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Be sure to use the Update feature of MalwareBytes before doing
a scan of your PC.

There is nothing specifically wrong with AdAware, but it's new
features and added bloat doesn't justify installing/using it.


"Farhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
> SP2 machine?
>
> --
>
>
> Farhan
>

Yes. Add Defender to your protection set, too.

Farhan wrote:
> is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
> SP2 machine?

>is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
>SP2 machine?

I used to be an advocate of AdAware *many* years ago but it's just
terrible now. Yes, you CAN have them both but AdAware secretly puts a
service that runs in the background and hogs 25-45MB of RAM for
NOTHING. Spybot doesn't. AdAware missed so many things that Spybot
finds. Ditch AdAware and keep Spybot. I converted to Spybot and have
never looked back.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

I also found the same with AdAware. Was hogging about 50mb on this DC box.
Malwarebytes and Spybot do the job now

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"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
>>SP2 machine?
>
> I used to be an advocate of AdAware *many* years ago but it's just
> terrible now. Yes, you CAN have them both but AdAware secretly puts a
> service that runs in the background and hogs 25-45MB of RAM for
> NOTHING. Spybot doesn't. AdAware missed so many things that Spybot
> finds. Ditch AdAware and keep Spybot. I converted to Spybot and have
> never looked back.
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf

S&D is not compatable with my KIS so I had to remove it. I still use Spyware
blaster, although KIS does double duty for some of it's features, so I have
disable them in SPywareblaster. I'll have to check into malwarebytes see how
it works.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> I also found the same with AdAware. Was hogging about 50mb on this DC box.
> Malwarebytes and Spybot do the job now
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
> >>SP2 machine?
> >
> > I used to be an advocate of AdAware *many* years ago but it's just
> > terrible now. Yes, you CAN have them both but AdAware secretly puts a
> > service that runs in the background and hogs 25-45MB of RAM for
> > NOTHING. Spybot doesn't. AdAware missed so many things that Spybot
> > finds. Ditch AdAware and keep Spybot. I converted to Spybot and have
> > never looked back.
> >
> > - Thee Chicago Wolf
>

Peter Foldes wrote:
> I also found the same with AdAware. Was hogging about 50mb on this DC box.
> Malwarebytes and Spybot do the job now
>

Interesting. AdAware 2008 (ver 7.1.0.11) *does* install a service that
runs all the time, but on my xp sp3 box, although aawservice.exe hits a
peak of over 170 MB during a scan, it drops down to around 500 KB once
Ad-Aware.exe is terminated. And the latter doesn't use more than about
10-15 MB while it's running.

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:36:36 +0500, Farhan wrote:

> is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
> SP2 machine?

Yes it is safe. But both programs have lost their lustre!

Consider these alternatives:
1. (real-time application)
WindowsDefender - Free
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
WD monitors the start-registry and hooks registers/files to prevent spyware
and worms to install to the OS.
Interesting reading:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html
"...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects
changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about
the actual threat."

2. (on-demand applications)
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html
--and--
Malwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malware - Free
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

Additionally:
Why Service Packs are Better Than Patches.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc....mspx?mfr=true

Read all prerequisites for a successful (SP3) installation
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...tallation.aspx

Good luck

Kayman wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:36:36 +0500, Farhan wrote:
>
>> is it safe to have both adaware and spybot SD both at the same time on XP
>> SP2 machine?
>
> Yes it is safe. But both programs have lost their lustre!
>
> Consider these alternatives:
> 1. (real-time application)
> WindowsDefender - Free
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
> WD monitors the start-registry and hooks registers/files to prevent spyware
> and worms to install to the OS.

It includes spyware known as WGA/N.

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