Is it possible to have too many Anti Spyware softwares? And if so( I have landed up with 5) which is the best?

Question

I have Norton, SpyHunter, AVG, NetSpy and SpyZooka.

Answer 1

none of them
go to majorgeeks.com
download avg for antivirus and malware
download ad-aware for spyware
they are both free and good
why pay money

you can only run one antivirus at a time

Answer 2

Correction, you don't have five antispyware applications. You have two anti-virus applications (Norton and AVG), if you paid for Norton then I would get rid of AVG (which I'm hoping is the free version you are using), if you paid for both then just pick one and use it. Norton can be a real pain to get rid of, probably easier to get rid of AVG.

SpyHunter is an antispyware application that I've never heard of. NetSpy is NOT an anti-spyware appliction, it is a keylogger and system snapshot tool, it does not scan for spyware. Spyzooka is yet another anti-spyware program I have not heard of, plus the site came up as flagged in McAfee SiteAdvisor so I wouldn't trust them to begin with, though their downloads appear to be clean, appearances can be deceiving.

Get rid of SpyHunter, NetSpy and SpyZooka. Replace them with Adaware SE, Spybot S&D and Windows Defender.

Keep NetSpy if you want, though its functions seem a bit pointless and useless, it's a glorified keylogger.

Answer 3

AVG and Norton cannot run together so I suggest you uninstall one of them (preferably AVG). Multiple Spyware scanners can be installed on the same PC but should not be running in the background all at the same time. So I also suggest you make sure they're not actively running in the background, or just stick with one of them and remove the others.

Answer 4

first off net spy is very questionable, norton is a sytem hog. i maintain about 20 pc's and in my exp i use adaware se by Lavasoft, zone alarm free for firewall, good free anti virus is aol's suite maintained by kaspersky. also spyware blaster(free), spybot search and destroy, use each of these products together and you will be fine, i hardly ever have issues from customers and on the occasions i do it is always resolved quickly. try them for a month and you will see. read up on aol free it is a very good package.
Brommas

Answer 5

Check out the Spyware Warrior website, it lists fake anti spyware applications.
You need to install one firewall.
The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. If you have Norton firewall, you have a firewall.
http://www.comodogroup.com/ - Comodo firewall.

You need to install one anti virus;
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ -AVG anti virus or
http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus

You need all of these anti spyware programs;
http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan.
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware. Use the Teatimer settings to protect Internet Explorer, and the Immuniser to stop malware getting on your pc.
Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
Plus;
http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware

And these are useful utilities;
http://www.mozilla.com/ - Firefox web browser.
http://www.ccleaner.com - Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool
http://www.siteadvisor.com -MacAffee Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit, when you google a site it gives a rating.
http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.
https://www.grc.com - Shields Up security site, check your firewall works.

Answer 6

There are full time (always working) and start to scan types.

For full-time anti-spyware I recommend using two and only two.
Make your second full-time anti-spyware "Windows Defender" (free)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

There is no limit to the non full-time spyware or virus scanners you can use.

I recommend running the following weekly:

Microsoft Live OneCare "update + full scan"
Updates windows, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), backup and clean registry, and check for open firewall ports.
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

Ad-Aware SE Personal (update+ full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Installation: Don’t enable optional tea timer
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

SpywareBlaster (update+enable all protection)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SUPERAntiSpyware: free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/

CCleaner (removes tracking cookies, history etc.)
Setup to save desired cookies and to automatically clean when the computer is started.
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Monthly:
Malicious Software Removal Tool (run “full scan")
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

RootkitRevealer: Close all programs before running, not all results are rootkits that should be removed.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/RootkitRevealer.mspx

Answer 7

Some of the spyware programs you have arent much good try lavasoft adaware, window defender, spybot, spyware guard

Answer 8

Hey,
This is a good link for downloading Spyhunter for free http://bit.ly/1no6C9e
You should definitly try it

Answer 9

Lavasoft's Ad-Aware

Answer 10

you only need norton you either have 1 very fast computer or it is dead slow because ov the amount of anti virus and spyware u have