I have Adaware & Malwarebytes on my pc, & Malwarebytes will work with the NIS 2010 installed,but Adaware will not.
Has anyone had this same problem?
In this case less is better. They can only bug eachother
Are Adaware and Malwarebytes both the free versions?
glf861 wrote:I have Adaware & Malwarebytes on my pc, & Malwarebytes will work with the NIS 2010 installed,but Adaware will not.
Has anyone had this same problem?
If you are using the Adaware with the ad-watcher module running then it can conflict with NIS2010. If you run Malwarebytes Pro version then it will also conflict with NIS2010 as both of them have real-time protection modules. Malwarebytes free version is fine on your system for using as an on-demand scanner.
I have a couple of thoughts.
1 - AdAware, Malwarebytes, and Spy Bot are all free at the basic level. I've tried all three and were not happy with the performance (not so bad with Malwarebytes however since it can run manually). BUT they ARE free. I'm not sure I would trust someone 'official' from Norton to provide accurate info on the performance of a free product vs. their paid product.
2 - In another thread similar to this one, someone mentioned that it would be nice if two products could be installed and run in parallel... the thought being that no one product can catch everything. I thought that was a pretty good idea. With security being such a huge issue, I'd like to see all of the software providers 'play together' to provide maximum security for their users.
Having said all of that, I bought NIS 2009 last year and recently upgraded to NIS 2010... and just renewed the subscription for another year. For some reason I just feel more comfortable having a 'more professional' and integrated product providing my security (as well as it can, I suppose).
John
I have Adaware & Malwarebytes on my pc, & Malwarebytes will work with the NIS 2010 installed,but Adaware will not.
Has anyone had this same problem?
jamason56 wrote:I have a couple of thoughts.
1 - AdAware, Malwarebytes, and Spy Bot are all free at the basic level. I've tried all three and were not happy with the performance (not so bad with Malwarebytes however since it can run manually). BUT they ARE free. I'm not sure I would trust someone 'official' from Norton to provide accurate info on the performance of a free product vs. their paid product.
We are all users helping users and provide the best advice we can. That impartial advice is yours to use or ignore as you may wish.
2 - In another thread similar to this one, someone mentioned that it would be nice if two products could be installed and run in parallel... the thought being that no one product can catch everything. I thought that was a pretty good idea. With security being such a huge issue, I'd like to see all of the software providers 'play together' to provide maximum security for their users.
Having said all of that, I bought NIS 2009 last year and recently upgraded to NIS 2010... and just renewed the subscription for another year. For some reason I just feel more comfortable having a 'more professional' and integrated product providing my security (as well as it can, I suppose).
John
I didn't mean to offend. Apologies extended. What I mean is that this board is sponsored by Symantec. That's a great thing. But aren't some of the folks that reply employees of Symantec? Wouldn't they have to follow the party line? I am grateful for users helping users and also for 'official' folks helping regular folks like me. But there will still always be the thought in the back of my mind............
John
jamason56 wrote:I didn't mean to offend. Apologies extended. What I mean is that this board is sponsored by Symantec. That's a great thing. But aren't some of the folks that reply employees of Symantec? Wouldn't they have to follow the party line? I am grateful for users helping users and also for 'official' folks helping regular folks like me. But there will still always be the thought in the back of my mind............
John
I'm not offended at all so there isn't any need to apologise. Symantec employees do, occasionally, respond to posts but you can see who they are by the fact that their names come up in bright red and there is, normally, a Symantec Logo beside their name.
The "official" folks, as I said, are ordinary users and will offer the best solution/advice possible. We are also the harshest critics of Symantec/Norton when and if they have any issues we believe they need to address. Ou primary goal is to get users back up and running and if that means recommending a non-symantec solution then we freely do so.
I do understand your cynicism.
yogesh_mohan wrote:Hi glf861,
Welcome to Norton Community!
There is no need of Adaware if you have the latest version of NIS as it is having advanced antispyware technology. Adaware also has a realtime protection/scan which runs in the background which may conflict with Norton Antispyware feature. Symantec does not recommend having multiple firewalls/antivirus/Antispyware installed on the same computer at one time and it will be better if you run only one anti-virus, anti-spyware or firewall program as there is no guarantee for compatibility between different security products. You may encounter unknown problems between the programs and it may also affect system performance. Running only NIS provides the best protection and minimizes conflicts between security programs. Otherwise, you may need to disable the real time protection from one of the security programs and use the other to avoid conflicts in running programs with similar features together.
Yogesh
I have the paid versions of MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyware Pro on my system and they works fine as on-demand scanners. I have the real-time protection disabled in both of them. I think you meant "doesn't recommend to have them running" instead of installed, right?
Hi Boofo
If you have the real time protection disabled on MBAM, what is the difference then compared to the free version? Wouldn't the real time drivers still be installed on your computer and couldn't they still cause a problem even if disabled? Sorry if this is off the topic of the thread.
There is no difference in that case. I was just pointing out that you should be able to have them installed if they are not running together. I don’t see how the real-time drivers could cause any conflict if they are not running. They would be just like regular files then.