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Yes, but I think it is disingenuous for these security related
programs
to warn against competing anti-spyware programs unless there actually
*is* conflict between them. It seems like they are making suggestions
that result in the user removing the competition's software for fear
of
conflicts that don't actually exist.
It's generally considered bad practice to have more than one resident
scanner active at the same time. The chance of system conflict and
issues
is high and you aren't gaining a double layer of security for your
efforts.
I believe that several "realtime" entities can run without conflict
as
long as there aren't "on access" conflicts involved, and these
vendors
(Microsoft included) use this misunderstanding of "realtime" to get
users to remove the competition's software from their system.
Again, it's generally not a good idea to run several resident scanners
at
the same time. Having several for scan when you want only is fine, but
only one should be resident.
