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You don't mention a dedicated AntiVirus application. None of those are. An AntiVirus application is a critical component of computer security.
PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need?
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wondering if there was any overlap
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Depends on which versions of the products you have. If they're all the free versions, there should be no conflict.
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WinPatrol, SpywareBlaster,MalwareBytes Anti-malware, Spybot Search and Destroy and finally AOL spyware protection(this came with my ISP provider).
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Of those, I personally, would drop the AOL Spyware protection. WinPatrol and SpywareBlaster work in the background and use little in the way of system resources. They also protect differently. I use both on my system.
MBAM, if free, is an on demand scanner. Only it's paid version has real time protection. Spybot S&D uses it's TeaTimer component as registry protection, and has other system protection components, in addition to being an on demand scanner. Some of that is duplicated in WinPatrol.
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