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Old 07-08-2009, 01:40 AM
1PW
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Re: Antispyware vs. antivirus

Ed Jay wrote:

> Both products look interesting. Is there any significant performance hit
> to pay for the constant scanning or monitoring by using these
> concurrently?


Hello Ed:

Your question forces a complicated answer. If the freeware versions
only are used, their footprint can be quite small even on a resource
starved system.

When you upgrade to the paid versions, realtime protection comes with
a small price to pay in resources. On a newer system with good
resources, the load will probably not even be noticed. Of course your
safety and spyware protection has then increased by many fold.

Coupled with timely OS & application updates, a good up to date
antivirus application, a NAT router, and safe internet practices,
your system stands a much better chance of keeping safe.

HTH

Pete
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Old 07-08-2009, 01:40 AM