AntiSpyware Real-Time Protection

[JamesJ]

Is it wise to have more than 1 antispyware program performing real-time
protection
at one time?

James

 

[Malke]

Is it wise to have more than 1 antispyware program performing real-time
protection
at one time?

No. Have one antivirus and one antispyware (you have Windows Defender built
into Vista) running and that's it.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/Too_Much_Security.pdf

Malke

 

[Tae Song]

Is it wise to have more than 1 antispyware program performing real-time
protection
at one time?

James

It uses more resources and some instances they can conflict. I had one user
using AVG and a Korean AV software. It prevented them from using IE...
although in some ways that could be considered a very strong virus
protection, but not feasible.

On the other hand, one antivirus software might catch what the other one
missed.

Is it worth having two antivirus programs... I don't think so. You can, but
I don't think it's worth it.

 

[FromTheRafters]

Is it wise to have more than 1 antispyware program performing
real-time protection at one time?

No. Although it is possible to have two antispyware programs (that
operate differently to provide such real-time protection) coexist
peacefully on one machine, it is almost the same situation as having two
on-access antivirus scanners running - which is decidedly *not*
recommended.

Best to have 0 - 1 real-time and as many as desired on demand.

 

[JamesJ]

If my antivirus software also has antispyware real-time protecton, I then
should
turn off Windows Defender?

James

 

[KristleBawl]

Is it wise to have more than 1 antispyware program performing real-time
protection
at one time?

James

I have Windows defender and one AV program running, and my other
AntiMalware programs are set to manual only, so I can run individual
scans on demand.

 

[JamesJ]

Ok. One should do manual scans with more than 1 AntiMalware program?

Thanks,
James

 

[JamesJ]

Got it.

Thanks,
James

No. Although it is possible to have two antispyware programs (that operate
differently to provide such real-time protection) coexist peacefully on
one machine, it is almost the same situation as having two on-access
antivirus scanners running - which is decidedly *not* recommended.

Best to have 0 - 1 real-time and as many as desired on demand.

 

[JamesJ]

Thanks,
James

It uses more resources and some instances they can conflict. I had one
user using AVG and a Korean AV software. It prevented them from using
IE... although in some ways that could be considered a very strong virus
protection, but not feasible.

On the other hand, one antivirus software might catch what the other one
missed.

Is it worth having two antivirus programs... I don't think so. You can,
but I don't think it's worth it.

 

[JamesJ]

OK!

 

[Hans Broesicke]

No. Have one antivirus and one antispyware (you have Windows Defender built
into Vista) running and that's it.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/Too_Much_Security.pdf

Malke

I though the common wisdom was to have only 1 AV program at a time,
but you could have multiple spyware programs running as their
definition files catch things the others don't. Or, maybe your answer
is related to his "real-time protection" question rather than the
issue of having multiples programs installed.