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Each person has to decide how much security he/she is comfortable running. As you can see from my signature, I choose to run a lot. Yet, as best as I can tell, there are no conflicts nor any noticeable slow down.
Yes, the advice NOT to run more than one REAL-TIME anti-VIRUS program still holds. But CryptoPrevent does NOT run in real-time. It sets-up “policy restrictions” in the registry, and then lets Windows handle these. SpywareBlaster, which you mentioned, behaves similarly: it sets various restrictions (cookies, ActiveX, restricted sites), and then let your browser (e.g., IE) take care of implementing them. SpywareBlaster is still around, and can be used in conjunction with most other programs.
Lavasoft — which used to be just “Ad Aware” — has grown into a full-fledged anti-virus suite. This fuller progam should NOT be used in conjunction with Avast. [Some people may “pick-and-choose” to run only certain components of each (e.g., a firewall), but that gets complicated, and can potentially be problematic.]
MBAM should not conflict with avast, nor any other anti-virus program. SAS (SuperAntiSpyware) is a popular alternative to MBAM that has its ardent fans. Those who prefer to run SAS PRO/realtime [instead of MBAM PRO], along with an anti-virus, may certainly do so.