Bombastus wrote:
Hitman Pro.
http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads/
Superfast scans, doesn't need to be installed at all, the best detection rates in the business, and free.
Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it for future reference.
J-Mac wrote:I just disabled the Anti-Spyware module on Norton AV and I leave Malwarebytes Pro running. No more conflict messages and I am not risking anything as I believe Malwarebytes' Anti-Spyware protection to be superior to Nortons.
BTW, I have contacted both companies - the problem is with Symantec, not Malwarebytes. There was no conflict in all the years I have run both together until last year when Norton decided to push their A-S protection. Nothing changed within MWB.
Thank you.
Jim
I tend to agree with you based on my experience in about 11 months elapsed time running MBAM Pro and Norton 360 simultaneously.
Except for a few Autofix dialog boxes that have disappeared since, if memory serves, Norton issued a patch for this particular conflict with MBAM, I haven't seen any visible conflict issues with MBAM Pro coexisting with Norton 360.
I'm a member over at the MBAM forum and have read some info about their product regarding AV conflicts with MBAM Pro.
Based on that, in addition to my own PC experiences to date, I've decided to continue running both scanners together.
I realize that it goes against the advice here and I respect that input but for me, I guess I like the confidence / peace of mind when I see a MBAM tray notice that it's blocked or prevented an intrusion due to the real-time protection.
Some of those notifications are probably non-issues or possibly generated by false-positives, but I like the idea of a malware/PUP-specific product running alongside my AV product.
There's another reason that I'm not concerned about the possibility of an intrusion getting past simultaneous scanners.
I always have a spare HDD that's been recently cloned so I have a plug-and-play recovery method available in the event of an intrusion getting past both scanners due to a conflict between the tools.
I guess its something that I'd like to evaluate after 1 year of running in this mode and then go from there.
I've got about 6 weeks remaining before I reach the 1-year anniversary as a Norton customer. As far as Norton's AV protection goes, it's been a for me.
Enjoy the day