Cracking FREE Antivirus Proggy - Page 2

Russ · 02-06-2004, 23:05

From experience, having more than one firewall or AV can be a nightmare as they are prone to arguing like women over what to allow, what not to allow etc.

Ramrod · 02-06-2004, 23:06

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Originally Posted by theblueraja

Well, yeah,
Just Spybot S&D will work with Ad-Aware.

At least im not aware of an issue with running the both of them, correct me if im wrong guys.

Yes, there is an issue with running adaware with spybot, afaik

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Originally Posted by Russ D

From experience, having more than one firewall or AV can be a nightmare as they are prone to arguing like women over what to allow, what not to allow etc.

Very PC of you Russ

TheBlueRaja · 02-06-2004, 23:11

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Yes, there is an issue with running adaware with spybot, afaik

Well, a bad example then, but thats why i asked for you to point out my errors...

What is the probem with them BTW - i thought they were fine together?

Shaun · 02-06-2004, 23:15

If you have ad-aware (or maybe spy-bot) set to search inside compressed files then it finds the others definitions and classes them as "bad" and ends up corrupting its opponent I believe. I think thats what that splash screen says.

Matth · 03-06-2004, 23:26

If you run more than one antivirus, ONLY ONE should be providing resident protection (on access).
It may also be faster if you deactivate the on-access protection before scanning with other programs.

There used to be major issues in finding each others definitions, but current AV programs generally use database formats that resist that problem.

Ramrod · 03-06-2004, 23:29

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Originally Posted by theblueraja

Well, a bad example then, but thats why i asked for you to point out my errors...

What is the probem with them BTW - i thought they were fine together?

I dunno m8....ask spybot....they are the ones that give (or used to give) a warning about running spybot with adaware installed

Mal · 03-06-2004, 23:38

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I dunno m8....ask spybot....they are the ones that give (or used to give) a warning about running spybot with adaware installed

The warning was only that adaware might spot something in the spybot quarentine(sp?) and delete it.

aliferste · 08-06-2004, 21:32

RIGHT, I wiped AVG to try this avast and i noticed a "small print" thingus that said you must reregister every two weeks to continue getting updates????

iadom · 08-06-2004, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I dunno m8....ask spybot....they are the ones that give (or used to give) a warning about running spybot with adaware installed

Nothing serious, funny that Adaware and Pest Patrol don't give any warnings about Spybot or each other.