Compatibility

[slick1]

I tried Google for any help on the following topic, but got no definite
results so I thought I would try here.
I used to have Ad-Aware, SUPERAntiSpyware and AVG 8 on my system, but I
got rid of AVG 8 because it took forever to run, (21/2 hrs), and installed
Avast 4.8 Home Edition.
Can anyone please inform me if these three, Ad-Aware -
SUPERAntiSpyware - Avast, are compatible with each other or will conflicts
arise between them?
Any recommendations would also be appreciated.
System: Acer 2450 laptop
Windows XP - Home - SP3
Explorer 7
Windows Defender

 

[Andrew E.]

No software of the same design should run together,its like trying to run
WMP along side a 3rd party player,all they do is conflict with each other.

 

[Olórin]

I tried Google for any help on the following topic, but got no definite
results so I thought I would try here.
I used to have Ad-Aware, SUPERAntiSpyware and AVG 8 on my system, but I
got rid of AVG 8 because it took forever to run, (21/2 hrs), and installed
Avast 4.8 Home Edition.
Can anyone please inform me if these three, Ad-Aware -
SUPERAntiSpyware - Avast, are compatible with each other or will conflicts
arise between them?
Any recommendations would also be appreciated.
System: Acer 2450 laptop
Windows XP - Home - SP3
Explorer 7
Windows Defender

Ignore Andrew E.'s advice. He only occasionally gets things right, and I
think that's just the laws of probability paying off.

I, and I suspect many other people, run WMP quite happily alongside several
other audio/video players, ne'er a conflict.

I don't blame you for dumping AVG 8 - I did the same (but went to Avira).

Avast is anti-virus software; AdAware and SUPERAntiSpyware aren't and so
won't conflict with Avast. I personally only run the latter two on-demand
rather than in the background, so if AdAware *can* be set to run in the
background (not sure if you can - I'm not too familiar with the more recent
version), and you set SUPERAntiSpyware to do so, I suppose they *might*
clash; but I'd be more concerned with their hogging system resources.

Not sure how Windows Defender affects the mix - never used it myself so I'll
others to comment on that.

You might want to also look at Spyware Blaster
(http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) which is also
non-resident - run, update, apply protection, quit.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I tried Google for any help on the following topic, but got no definite
results so I thought I would try here.
I used to have Ad-Aware, SUPERAntiSpyware and AVG 8 on my system, but I
got rid of AVG 8 because it took forever to run, (21/2 hrs), and installed
Avast 4.8 Home Edition.
Can anyone please inform me if these three, Ad-Aware -
SUPERAntiSpyware - Avast, are compatible with each other or will conflicts
arise between them?

Yes they are. I run them all here, with no problems at all. The only
thing I would avoid doing is running scans with more than one of them
at once.

 

[slick1]

Thanks Ken, I'll make sure they don't run at the same time. I'm amazed at
how much better my system runs with-out AVG8 !

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks Ken, I'll make sure they don't run at the same time. I'm amazed at
how much better my system runs with-out AVG8 !

You're welcome. Glad to help.