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| | Spyware I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender running, as well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an internet security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with each other like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with one catching spyware the other's don't? |
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| | Re: Spyware "Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender > running, as well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an > internet security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with > each other like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with > one catching spyware the other's don't? conflict. It is recommended to use an additional AS scanner. This mean you do not use the real-time protection of both applications. Charlie42 |
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| | Re: Spyware You'll need to personally test your exact combination. However, you're on the right track. No one single product is perfect. I recommend that PC users scan/run various anti-spyware programs. You mentioned Spybot. As you know, it doesn't offer real-time protection. However, it's a great scanner/removal tool. -- ------------------------------ Donny Broome www.broomeman.com/vista Free Spyware Removal: www.broomeman.com/spyware "Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:trWTj.5430$ch1.4629@xxxxxx Quote: >I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender running, as >well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an internet >security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with each other >like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with one catching >spyware the other's don't? > |
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| | Re: Spyware The Resident TeaTimer is a tool of Spybot-S&D which perpetually monitors the processes called/initiated. It immediately detects known malicious processes wanting to start and terminates them giving you some options, how to deal with this process in the future. You can set TeaTimer to: a.. be informed, when the process tries to start again b.. automatically kill the process c.. or generally allow the process to run There is also an option to delete the file associated with this process. In addition, TeaTimer detects when something wants to change some critical registry keys. TeaTimer can protect you against such changes again giving you an option: You can either Allow or Deny the change. The TeaTimer is always running in the background. "Donny Broome" <donny@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O9ZTj.50253$%15.7472@xxxxxx : You'll need to personally test your exact combination. However, you're on : the right track. No one single product is perfect. I recommend that PC users : scan/run various anti-spyware programs. You mentioned Spybot. As you know, : it doesn't offer real-time protection. However, it's a great scanner/removal : tool. : : : -- : : ------------------------------ : Donny Broome : www.broomeman.com/vista : Free Spyware Removal: : www.broomeman.com/spyware : : : : "Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxx> wrote in message : news:trWTj.5430$ch1.4629@xxxxxx : >I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender running, as : >well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an internet : >security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with each other : >like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with one catching : >spyware the other's don't? : > : : |
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| | Re: Spyware Thanks, Tom. You're exactly right. "Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OlP%23r%233rIHA.4912@xxxxxx Quote: > The Resident TeaTimer is a tool of Spybot-S&D which perpetually monitors > the > processes called/initiated. It immediately detects known malicious > processes > wanting to start and terminates them giving you some options, how to deal > with this process in the future. You can set TeaTimer to: > > a.. be informed, when the process tries to start again > b.. automatically kill the process > c.. or generally allow the process to run > There is also an option to delete the file associated with this process. > > In addition, TeaTimer detects when something wants to change some critical > registry keys. TeaTimer can protect you against such changes again giving > you an option: You can either Allow or Deny the change. > > The TeaTimer is always running in the background. > > > > "Donny Broome" <donny@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:O9ZTj.50253$%15.7472@xxxxxx > : You'll need to personally test your exact combination. However, you're > on > : the right track. No one single product is perfect. I recommend that PC > users > : scan/run various anti-spyware programs. You mentioned Spybot. As you > know, > : it doesn't offer real-time protection. However, it's a great > scanner/removal > : tool. > : > : > : -- > : > : ------------------------------ > : Donny Broome > : www.broomeman.com/vista > : Free Spyware Removal: > : www.broomeman.com/spyware > : > : > : > : "Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxx> wrote in message > : news:trWTj.5430$ch1.4629@xxxxxx > : >I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender running, > as > : >well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an internet > : >security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with each > other > : >like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with one catching > : >spyware the other's don't? > : > > : > : > > |
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| | Re: Spyware "Just.some.guy" <return.email@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:trWTj.5430$ch1.4629@xxxxxx Quote: > I was wondering...can you have something like Windows Defender running, as > well as Spybot and a anti-spyware program that's part of an internet > security suite, all at the same time? Would they conflict with each other > like anti-virus programs? Or do they work in harmony with one catching > spyware the other's don't? > together and see what happens. You could have no problems, you could have simple problems or you could have a total system crash. I run both Windows Defender and the paid version of AVG AntiSpy 7.5 together in real time with absolutely no conflicts whatsoever and no loss of performance. I run Spybot S&D occasionally but I do not use the Tea Timer. My AV is NOD32, which also contains antispyware protection. C.B. -- It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged and unfortunate among us. |
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