Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote in news:9sdi74pfdskf58va674jmfdqcboivj5bhb@
4ax.com:

> If this is not the correct group for this question, please let me know
> what is.
>
> Besides running the latest version of AVG (updated daily) , I also
> have (and use) Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad-Aware and SpywareBlaster
> on my computer.
>
> Am I "over-protected"?
> Are some of these programs duplicating each other?
> Could I get rid of one (or more) of these programs?
>
> Thanks for any helpful insights!
>
> _________________________________
> Old Enough
> to know I don't know a thing ....

In addition to what Drumstick stated ...

It is said that you should not run the real-time protection parts of both
Spybot and Ad-Aware at the same time, but I wouldn't know whether this is
still true since I stopped using them. Nevertheless, I think Spybot and
Ad-Aware can still be useful to scan your system on a regular basis.

Spywareblaster does not really "run" since it "inoculates" the registry
in some way so as to prevent spyware.

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Best regards
Han
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