"DrumStick" <nothanx@noway.com> wrote in message
news:mn.64827d873a084b41.85142@noway.com...
> Old Enough brought next idea :
>> 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 ....
>
> I just read recently that PC Magazine reviewed some of these and put them
> "bottom of the list." Specifically I think they said SpyBot and Ad-Aware
> are now "out of date" and no longer effective. I don't know if you are
> overlapping your protection but I'm not sure you're helping that much
> according to PC-Mag. Of course, they DO need advertising and freeware
> probably doesn't pay the bills. <smile>
>

You're darn tootin'.
Any magazine is going to push their advertisers products over others.
The editors like to eat !

Even good ol' "consumer reports", is now so biased it's laughable.