Spybot & Windows Defender

[firebrddriver]

Is it OK to have spybot and defender running at the same time,,or will they conflict??,,Thanks

[drragostea]

Hello.

No, they will not conflict.

[firebrddriver]

Thank you,,for some reason I thought you could only have one spy ware program running at a time.

[tashi]

Hi there,

Is it OK to have spybot and defender running at the same time,,or will they conflict??,,Thanks

I'm guessing you mean both programs are installed, not actually scanning at the same time.

[firebrddriver]

Well both are running real time protection at the same time,,thats what I meant by my original post,,is this OK??

[tashi]

Hi firebrddriver,

Well both are running real time protection at the same time,,thats what I meant by my original post,,is this OK??

Teatimer's real time protection should be enough, and less a drain on resources than two active residents.

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