anti-spyware

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Sanford Aranoff

We cannot have two anti-virus programs running, as they interfere. Is
this true with anti-spyware? Can we have three anti-spyware programs
running along with Panda anti-virus?
 
Hi

Yes, that's not a problem. I have 4 different anti spyware programs that I
run independently of each other.

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Will Denny
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Sanford said:
We cannot have two anti-virus programs running, as they interfere.
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"Cannot" is perhaps too strong a word. I certainly don't recommend doing
that becuase of the strong possibility of conflicts between them, but I
wouldn't go so far as to say it can't be done.

Also note that you can have two (or more) anti-virus programs *installed*.
Just don't have more than one active at once. You can use multiple programs
to scan the system at different times.

Is
this true with anti-spyware? Can we have three anti-spyware programs
running along with Panda anti-virus?
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In general, you can (and should) run multiple anti-spyware programs.
Although in theory, one good anti-spyware program should check for and
detect everything, in practice, no single program finds everything and it's
wise to run several. I've never seen reports of conflicts between them.
 
You need only 1 antivirus software with permanent protection.

You need only 1 antispyware software with real-time protection.Although in
some cases it is possible to have more than one,you need only 1 another
because you might have noticed that some Panda Software products from 2004
and all Panda products from 2005 and 2006 have antispyware protection as well
as antivirus protection as well as protections agaings unknown threats.

If you don't believe me:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products


Panda_man
 
From an E-Week.com article:



AV-Test, which tests anti-malware products, has been tracking the situation
closely and has, so far, analyzed 73 variants of malicious WMF files.
Products from the following companies have identified all 73:

a.. Alwil Software (Avast)
b.. Softwin (BitDefender)
c.. ClamAV
d.. F-Secure Inc.
e.. Fortinet Inc.
f.. McAfee Inc.
g.. ESET (Nod32)
h.. Panda Software
i.. Sophos Plc
j.. Symantec Corp.
k.. Trend Micro Inc.
l.. VirusBuster
These products detected fewer variants:
a.. 62 - eTrust-VET
b.. 62 - QuickHeal
c.. 61 - AntiVir
d.. 61 - Dr Web
e.. 61 - Kaspersky
f.. 60 - AVG
g.. 19 - Command
h.. 19 - F-Prot
i.. 11 - Ewido
j.. 7 - eSafe
k.. 7 - eTrust-INO
l.. 6 - Ikarus
m.. 6 - VBA32
n.. 0 - Norman
It kind of blows holes in some of the comments posted here about how good
one is vs. another. The interesting aspect of this is that the company that
is bad mouthed the most (Norton AntiVirus) caught all 73 varients.

Also, have a look at Ewido!


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
You need only 1 antivirus software with permanent protection.
You need only 1 antispyware software with real-time protection
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Tech support told me that users have had problems with Panda anti-spyware.

I have Panda anti-virus, and have disabled Firewall, Spyware, and everything
else. I use eTrust PestPatrol for spyware. I use Windows Firewall. I dislike
Panda Firewall because of this: I am a developer, writing software that connects
with the Internet. Every time I modify the software, Panda asks me if I want to
connect with the Internet with this software. Once I modify the software, Panda
cannot remember. It is easier for me not to use Panda Firewall.

Is this a good setup?

I got burned last week, and had to reinstall the OS, along with all the hearache
involved. I have backups which help. I am guessing that what happened is that I
have a program, PerfectDisk, that restarts the system, and before booting
defrags. A virus or whatever may have entered during this time, when Windows was
not running. I decided not to run PerfectDisk in this offline mode.

Thanks for your advice.
 
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