Trend Micro Antivirus plus Anti Spyware
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Trend Micro Antivirus plus Anti Spyware
Got Trend Micro with my Nov 2007 HP PC purchase. It also came with Webroot Anti Spyware. Do I still need Webroot?
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Re: Trend Micro Antivirus plus Anti Spyware
Moving to Mozillazine Tech
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You might keep Webroot for doing ondemand scanning, but I wouldnt use its realtime protection.
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you mean just keep it for it's scheduled sweeps? that's all it is, it doesnt have antivirus, obviously.
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I don't like SpySweeper very much. It is a hog if you run it at boot and I've seen way too many false positives with it. You would do better with SuperAntiSpyware.
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I know Spy Sweeper doesnt have antivirus, I meant dont use its shields (realtime protection).
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When it comes to SpyWare, I always suggest using more than one scanner. No one product can identify/remove all SpyWare. So, depending on the products, they can cover for each others weaknesses.
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mzfuser wrote:I know Spy Sweeper doesnt have antivirus, I meant dont use its shields (realtime protection).
huh..i have 12 of 12 enabled. why not?
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Its not necessary. Trend Micro should be enough.
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so...the scheduled scans for TM that I have; Windows System Folder Scan.....Hard Disc Scan...and Full Scan....that checks for viruses and spyware/malware? I have it set to go once per week. Is that sufficient?
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thanks for the feedback. so you think SpySweeper is superfluous and unneeded. should i go grab a freebie program like ad-aware?
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Re: Trend Micro Antivirus plus Anti Spyware
I dont think its superfluous; I just think realtime adware/spyware protection is not crucial. Occassion scans are enough.
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Re: Trend Micro Antivirus plus Anti Spyware
You can run more than one anti-spy ware application I chose Malware Bytes and Super Anti-Spy ware.
Never use more than one Anti-Virus application you will have a sick computer. Avira is the best for a free Anti-Virus, I'm beta testing their new build V9 which is a suite it reads Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware. I'm a month into the test and haven't had any sign of bugs, not even a cookie.
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Never use more than one Anti-Virus application you will have a sick computer. Avira is the best for a free Anti-Virus, I'm beta testing their new build V9 which is a suite it reads Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware. I'm a month into the test and haven't had any sign of bugs, not even a cookie.
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