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Old 07-08-2009, 07:50 AM
Ed Jay
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Re: Antispyware vs. antivirus

1PW wrote:

>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
>

It does help. Thank you.

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Old 07-08-2009, 07:50 AM