Which one?

[Ira]

I am currently running too many anti spyware programs. I find that running
in the background they are stealing too many cycles. I want to get down to
no more than 2. Here is the list of what I have running.
AdAware
SpyBot S&D
Ewido
MSAS
PcCillin2006
Tooooo much. I am thinking of using only MSAS and PcCillin2006 and on a non
schedule every once in a while Ewido. Any suggestions will be considered.
Thanks

Ira

 

[Andre Da Costa]

I have found Adaware to be not so effective, neither is MSAS, I would
recommend you keeping SpyBot S&D, Ewido and you need a good AV which would
be PcCillin2006 (I use Symantec AV 9).
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[Andre Da Costa]

I have found Adaware to be not so effective, neither is MSAS, I would
recommend you keeping SpyBot S&D, Ewido and you need a good AV which would
be PcCillin2006 (I use Symantec AV 9).
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[Walterius]

Two won't do it. Could you check and see which defenders are using the most
cycles?

Walterius,
Old, and running Ad-Aware free, AVG Free, Spyware Guard, MSAS, Spybot S&D,
and Spyware Blaster. I may not need both Spyware Guard and MSAS, but they
both spot stuff, so I let them run.

 

[Michael Seidner]

It is good to have several antispyware programs but only one should run in
the background. More than that can cause conflicts.

 

[plun]

Hi

Keep:
PcCillin2006 main protection
Ewido
Adaware as a on demand scanner

MSAS is in a deep crise nowadays, check some
Hijack This logs from the URLs I posted that
MSAS is presence and running but do NOT protect a user.

Spybot adds nothing in my opinion.

CCleaner is also important for "Clutter" removal.

regards
plun

Ira pretended :

 

[Ira]

Hi Plun, Thanks for your response. Your choices are exactly what I was
thinking of doing. I believe that too many users are using too many
programs and don't realize how much they are really slowing their systems
down because of cycle stealing. I really hope that the "group" that is
attempting to standardize definitions suceeds and doesn't just twiddle their
thumbs. For the present I will keep MSAS because I enjoy contributing to
the NG's.
Thanks again.
Ira


: Hi
:
: Keep:
: PcCillin2006 main protection
: Ewido
: Adaware as a on demand scanner
:
: MSAS is in a deep crise nowadays, check some
: Hijack This logs from the URLs I posted that
: MSAS is presence and running but do NOT protect a user.
:
: Spybot adds nothing in my opinion.
:
: CCleaner is also important for "Clutter" removal.
:
: regards
: plun
:
: Ira pretended :
: > I am currently running too many anti spyware programs. I find that
running
: > in the background they are stealing too many cycles. I want to get down
to
: > no more than 2. Here is the list of what I have running.
: > AdAware
: > SpyBot S&D
: > Ewido
: > MSAS
: > PcCillin2006
: > Tooooo much. I am thinking of using only MSAS and PcCillin2006 and on a
non
: > schedule every once in a while Ewido. Any suggestions will be
considered.
: > Thanks
: >
: > Ira
:
:

 

[Ira]

Walterius, You are currently running 6 anti spyware and no anti virus. The
6 that you are running are stealing so many cycles that you PC is probably
operating at a snail pace. I think that you have been suckered in by by
products that come up with false positives in order to get you to use(buy)
them.
Good luck.
Ira


: Two won't do it. Could you check and see which defenders are using the
most
: cycles?
:
: Walterius,
: Old, and running Ad-Aware free, AVG Free, Spyware Guard, MSAS, Spybot S&D,
: and Spyware Blaster. I may not need both Spyware Guard and MSAS, but they
: both spot stuff, so I let them run.
:
:

 

[Michael Seidner]

Again...most antispyware programs are run "one at a time" so the problem of
several isn't really a problem unless you are talking about having several
doing "real time" protection...that is, running in the background. For
example, I use SpywareBlaster to "inoculate" my system against known
scoundrels (it does not run in the background). I use Adaware SE, Spybot
Search & Destroy, and MSAS for "on demand" scanning. I chose MSAS as the
only one to run in the background for "realtime" protection. My antivirus
program is McAfee VirusScan Online. I also have Hijack This and CWShredder
for the rare occasions that I would need them.