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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: connexion2000 on March 30, 2011, 09:31:56 PM
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Hi,
is there any other antivirus that doesn't have resident protection and is not system invasive?
And it should not interfere with avast.
Any recommended solutions?
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MalwareBytes Free edition is a good program.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
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MalwareBytes Free edition is a good program.
+1
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MalwareBytes Free edition is a good program.
+2 ::)
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Hitman Pro and MBAM are great second opinion scanners.
http://www.surfright.nl/en
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Hi,
is there any other antivirus that doesn't have resident protection and is not system invasive?
And it should not interfere with avast.
Any recommended solutions?
yes.....online scanners when you need a second (third if you have MBAM) opinion
http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/?track=100723
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner
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Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware are just Scanners in the free version...I use SpyShelter, It is Protection against Anti Keyloggers, and all kinds of Trojans...Nothing goes by Unnoticed By SpyShelter, It creates software rules also which can be annoying at first...but it is easilly set up and can be adjusted, and make easy changes...Just open all the software programs you use, and re-start all services and set it to ASK...At first keep it at lowest possible setting cause it will block your computer from starting up.. No footprint at all, and very small download.......Works awesome with Avast and PC Tools Firewall...
Cheers!!! and safe surfing!!!
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Love Malware Bytes as well,
If you use Avast, you don't need the full-time protection for $25. But use MB as an On-Demand scanner, if Avast does find something. You must update MB each time before running it in the free version. But it is worth it.
Always run Full Scans in MB for best results.
Jack
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MalwareBytes Free edition is a good program.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
+3 but technically speaking, Malwarebytes is not an AV product. It's an excellent detection and removal tool for the newer waves of malware. It will not detect older things that true AV programs have developed detection for. I would also point out that even the head of MBAM says that a quick scan should be all you need to do since they update the locations to scan in along with the definitions.
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Love Malware Bytes as well,
If you use Avast, you don't need the full-time protection for $25. But use MB as an On-Demand scanner, if Avast does find something. You must update MB each time before running it in the free version. But it is worth it.
Always run Full Scans in MB for best results.
Jack
Not true!
For the one time price you get the ability for hourly updates with immediate Flash scan and the ability to run daily Quick scans!
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I really don't think MBAM is worth paying for. The free edition is more than sufficient.
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I too would recommend Malwarebytes, though it is not an AV, and won't detect classic stuff that AVs do.
BitDefender also has a free version that is only on-demand, so it may work with a resident antivirus.
There is also Dr.Web's CureIt! which will work with another AV, but you have to download a new version as it has no update feature, probably because you don't need to install it.
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I really don't think MBAM is worth paying for. The free edition is more than sufficient.
I just don't like two always on resident shields competing with each other. Now if MB was finding things in the free version, I might say, yea, upgrade. But the only things that MB has ever found when I scan were 2 little tracking cookies on the first install since I have had Avast on the machine. To me, that means Avast is doing a SUPER job!
Jack
PS Just about to do my monthly scans now!
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I really don't think MBAM is worth paying for. The free edition is more than sufficient.
I just don't like two always on resident shields competing with each other. Now if MB was finding things in the free version, I might say, yea, upgrade. But the only things that MB has ever found when I scan were 2 little tracking cookies on the first install since I have had Avast on the machine. To me, that means Avast is doing a SUPER job!
Jack
PS Just about to do my monthly scans now!
Perfect,
I did a full scan with PUP check for Avast and an update/full scan with MBAM.
Clean as a hospital!
Jack
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I just don't like two always on resident shields competing with each other. Now if MB was finding things in the free version, I might say, yea, upgrade. But the only things that MB has ever found when I scan were 2 little tracking cookies on the first install since I have had Avast on the machine. To me, that means Avast is doing a SUPER job!
MBAM does not scan for cookies! ::)
MBAM does scan for malware that can get past avast!
See the newest malware threat:
What is AdStop?
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=79675
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I too would HIGHLY recommend MBAM!! It saved my life!!! Avast + MBAM = Amazing combination and I have been speaking to the MBAM admins and they confirmed that it will run smooth with Avast , without ANY conflicts (no known conflicts upto now!), even with its real time protection on ( Although some dont like the idea of having 2 resident protection software running at the same time) - I have been running it and havent had any issues so far..
Avast does a superb job keeping the computer safe and anything that gets past it would be detected by MBAM..
PS - perform weekly quick scans on MBAM and regular scans on Avast! to make sure the computer is clean :)