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Running 2 anti virus s/w on your computer

  • 26-03-2011 12:19PM
    #1
    kenny_david
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭


    First off I know you shouldn't run 2 anti virus software on your computer but I was wondering about running Microsoft Security Essentials and spybot on the same computer??
    Will this cause my system to slow down, or can I just disable spy bot at startup and run it when I want to scan the computer.

    The reason I'm posting this is because I got some malware the other day and I could only get rid of it by using Spy bot.
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  • #2
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    kenny_david wrote: »
    First off I know you shouldn't run 2 anti virus software on your computer but I was wondering about running Microsoft Security Essentials and spybot on the same computer??
    Will this cause my system to slow down, or can I just disable spy bot at startup and run it when I want to scan the computer.

    The reason I'm posting this is because I got some malware the other day and I could only get rid of it by using Spy bot.
    Microsoft security essentials and spybot search and destroy is fine to run. Although I prefer to use malwarebytes and periodic manual scans, with MS essentials. What you have will be fine though. One is anti virus software and the other program is anti malware/spyware.


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