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. :)

How Spybot-S&D protects against the installation of Spyware/Malware. (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=281)