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Gui.. - 06 May 2008 19:20 GMT

my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

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John Barnett MVP - 06 May 2008 19:31 GMT

No. Many people have two or three anti spyware applications on their PC with
two of the most popular being Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.

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> my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
> but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
> there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

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DL - 06 May 2008 20:18 GMT

Excepting Adaware apparently conflicts with certain AV applications,
F-Secure being one.
And you dont mention any AV application

> my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
> but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
> there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

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Ken Blake, MVP - 06 May 2008 20:46 GMT

> my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
> but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
> there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

No, and having two or more is good to do.

Just don't run simultaneous scans on them.

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Kayman - 07 May 2008 01:23 GMT

> my windows vista came with windows defender (i think all come)
> but i also installed ad-aware 2007 which is an antispyware program too.Is
> there any problem to have 2 antispywares on my pc?

Ensure that the other A-S apps are not running real-time.

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Michael J Lewin - 08 May 2008 06:08 GMT

ALL MOST all Malware/Antivirus/ Antispyware programs have a problem when
there both enabled at the same time. Even if the are not they will find the
Quarantine file of the other program and mark it as a spy ware, this can be
by pass by adding the other anti spyware program in to ignore the files in
that directory, this is what i did and haven't had any problems since. But
when it comes to Antivirus programs its not nearly so simple so I suggests
to use just one and delete the other. Good luck. (MIKE)

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