I would definitively advise against running 2 *realtime* antimalware programs at the same time. The conflicts can prove disastrous. As Andre states, the key here is realtime. The free versions of MalwareBytes & Superantispyware are not realtime. Spywareblaster is, though, as is spybott s&d.
On 12/27/10, Gerald Levy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Whoa! You're running MSE and real-time SAS together? What happens if both > programs detect the same malware threat and simultaneously attempt to > quarantine it? Seems to me like that could be a recipe for disaster. As > long as your two real time programs don't encounter the same threat, you're > probably okay. But, if one of these days, they both encounter the same > threat, your system could freeze up or crash because of the potential > conflict. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 1:19 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Microsoft Security > Essential&otherspywareprograms > > >> Hi Matthew; >> >> No, you don't need to stop the SAS Real Time from running. You can run >> the >> MSSE & SAS >> Real Time at the same time. Hope this helps. Take care. >> Mike >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: matthew >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 9:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Microsoft Security Essential >> &otherspywareprograms >> >> >> Ahh ok cool. I am running the free version of malware bites but have the >> paid version of super anti spyware. Do I need to disable real time >> protection if that is what it uses? I am going to take a look at it but >> any extra help would be great, thanks. >> >> On 12/27/2010 11:15 AM, Gerald Levy wrote: >> > >> > You can update to MSE 2.0 without first uninstalling your current >> > version. However, if you have other real-time anti-malware programs on >> > your PC, they should be removed, since they might cause conflicts with >> > MSE. However, anti-spyware programs like Malware Bytes and the free >> > version of Super Anti Spyware, which are on-demand scanners only, do >> > not have to be removed, and in fact, complement MSE very nicely. >> > Remember, the key term here is "real-time". You never want more than >> > one real-time anti-malware program on the same PC. >> > >> > Gerald >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "matthew" >> <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:35 AM >> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Microsoft Security Essential & >> > otherspywareprograms >> > >> > >> >> Someone had told me you need to uninstall a previous version of MSSE >> >> before updating it. I do know the site says to remove all other >> >> spyware programs before upgrading and i wanted to double check before >> >> I do this because it is a bit of a process. Do you need to uninstall >> >> them totally? >> >> >> >> On 12/27/2010 9:55 AM, David Ferrin wrote: >> >>> I don't use spyware blaster any longer for quite a while actually, >> >>> but I do >> >>> use the other programs you mentioned together successfully. >> >>> David Ferrin >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that >> >>> one up >> >>> too. >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> From: "Lennie"<[email protected]> >> >>> To:<[email protected]> >> >>> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 10:18 AM >> >>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Microsoft Security Essential& other >> >>> spywareprograms >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I just installed the latest version of MSE on my wife's laptop using >> >>> Windows XP. I have a couple of questions regarding other spyware >> >>> programs on her computer. >> >>> >> >>> She has the free version of SuperAntiSpyware and Spyware Blaster >> >>> installed on her computer. >> >>> >> >>> According to the installation of MSE, it was recommended to >> >>> uninstall all other spyware programs since I suppose that >> >>> there would be a conflict. I think there should not be any other >> >>> real time spyware running with MSE which SuperAntiSpyware is not. >> >>> However, Spyware Blaster is always running in the background. >> >>> >> >>> Does anyone know if this really cause a conflict and running MSE scan >> >>> would create a false positive? For the moment, both spyware >> >>> applications are still on her computer and I would like to know what >> >>> to do since I will be eventually installing MSE on my desktop XP >> >>> computer with the two same spyware application on it. >> >>> >> >>> Any suggestions and help will greatly be appreciated. 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