H+BDEV Anti-Vir/ MS Antispyware

[Don]

I'm running Windows XP SP2. I use H+BDEV Anti-Vir as my
real-time, on-line anti-virus protection. I have
installed MS Antispyware and scanned resulting in 1
hit: "CoolWebSearch:Browser Hijack Attempt" (which had
not been detected with AdWareSE nor SpybotS&D). It's
gone now. My question is: Will the performance of either
H-BDEV AV or MS Antispware be affected by having both
running and on-line at the same time? So far no problem.
Any feedback appreciated. THX.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Sometimes such an interaction (i.e. a performance problem with two
particular apps running at the same time) is found only due to beta
testing--so this may be an answer you are the only one able to give. I've
heard of one specific interaction where I believe what happened was that the
user found that a scan was drastically slowed when both his antivirus and
Microsoft Antispyware were scanning at the same time.

I've done that same operation on several machines with different antivirus
products, and not seen the issue--there will be some slowdown regardless of
the particular apps, of course.