Comments for Is running two anti-spyware programs better than one?

Comment from BILL on 2011-10-13

2011-10-13T22:25:38Z

HI Leo I'm on your mailing list and i need to ask you a question. I'm running Comodo Pro & ESET NOD32 PRO on my computer would it be better for me just to run COMODO PRO by it self or is it all right to run them both at the same time?
Thanks

Depends on how they're configured. More in this article already on the site: Can I run more than one anti-virus program? Anti-spyware program? Firewall? Should I?

14-Oct-2011

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Comment from Paul McGaw Jr. on 2011-03-29

2011-03-30T04:17:18Z

hi, I think the above person should go into the options of their AVG prgram to diable monitoring. It should have an option for monitoring if you can. I don't use AVG personally because it detects the lowest rate of viruses out of AVG, Avast, and Avira. I have avast. way better.

I completely agree with Leo's article. As I've used windows a while. Since I was a kid. 95 and 98 operating systems originally is what I started using. I have 7 now. Mon itoring means it runs in the background as said by Leo to see if something might cause harm or possibly be causing harm to your computer. Running more than one "monitoring software" can cause harm to your computer and slow it down. It's like more than one anti-virus or more than one forewall. Both slow and cause harm to computers when there is more than one.

I've personally never heard of spyware doctor. I use spywareblaster and superantispyware.

I quit using spybot as it started causing me problem son my computer and it ran way too slow. I also quit using ad-aware. I think the programs i use work way better.

Just my opinion.

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Comment from GILBERT on 2010-06-30

2010-06-30T12:21:02Z

yes i did have a nasty virus i did have eset he never pick up i did run avg still there i did run spyware same uhhuhuuhuh run malwarebytes same grrrrrrrr was ready too do a reformat so at the last resort did run spybot then bingo the virus gone then also could open task manager at last so only spyboat did fix my problem

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Comment from Clem L. on 2010-06-18

2010-06-18T23:54:41Z

A couple of my friends use ad-aware and webroot together. Is that alright?

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Comment from deepak on 2009-01-29

2009-01-30T07:37:12Z

Sr,
Please tell me that using spyware doctor alone is sufficient or should i install AVG free also along with it?

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Comment from Joe on 2008-12-01

2008-12-01T15:51:28Z

Hi. Is running Spyware Blaster alongside AVG's ant-spyware programs simultaneously a problem?
Thanks
Joe from Barrie, ON

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Comment from Susan on 2008-05-26

2008-05-27T00:58:12Z

I read your article about running 2 anti-virus softwares and it was very helpful. So, I use AVG free download for my anti-virus protection and it includes anti-spyware. I also have Windows Defender running. But, I can't tell whether AVG anti-spyware is just scanning or if it is also monitoring. I know Defender is monitoring, so i wanted to disable the monitoring function of AVG, if I could. Do you know if AVG anti-spyware also monitors? Thanks.

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