New Q

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
1

Do I still need to run some sort of spyware program in conjunction with Avast? I already had Spybot downloaded but since I have downloaded Avast I cannot run it any more. I re-installed Spybot but it still will not run.

2

Get rid of spybot and use Malwarebytes, a much better program.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

3

I agree :slight_smile:

4

Does Malwarebytes just detect or does it remove as well?

5

It detects and removes, very well in fact, among the best at that. What the free version of Malwarebytes lacks is any kind of real-time protection.

6

Does any of the free ones have real time protection?

7

spywareterminator does…but again not as good as MalwareBytes
if you look in the Malware removal forums like Geeks to Go / Bleepingcomputer etc… Malwarebytes is the one tool they try first bc it is the best
the price for MalwareBytes PRO is a one time fee for a life time license :wink:

8

Get the Professional ver. of MBAM. It costs $15 - $25 depending who you buy it from. The cost is also one-time for a lifetime license. Pro ver. includes realtime protection plus IP blocking.

9

Thanks I had went to Ad-Aware but I will uninstall and switch to MalwareBytes.

10

Ad-Aware free have some realtime protection…it will report changes to the registry, it also have a integrated Ikarus virus engine…it may conflict with avast ?
and it is very big…121MB Malwarebytes is only 9.4mb

11

I downloaded Malwarebytes and it sure is amazingly faster to download and to scan with than Ad-Aware.