What Virus and Spyware Checkers to Keep

anno1664

I recently had a serious virus that was cured by the excellent people of this site. But now I have quite a number of virus checkers, spyware and adware checkers and also an online checker. They are as follows:-

1. AVG antivirus
2. SpyBot Search & Destroy
3. Ad-Aware
4. CC Cleaner
5. Dr.Web CureIt
6. Malware Bytes Anti Malware
7. SDFix
8. Eset Online Scan

Which ones should I keep
Which, if any should I delete
How often should I run what is kept
How often should I use the online scanner
Can I still use and should I use my PC disc clean up and defragment systems

It would be interesting to hear peoples opinions

savemoney

You should only have one AV and one firewall installed. You can use several malware programs though if you wish

I just use Trend internet security 2009 (av/firewall) and superantispyware

DCFC79

anno1664 wrote: »

I recently had a serious virus that was cured by the excellent people of this site. But now I have quite a number of virus checkers, spyware and adware checkers and also an online checker. They are as follows:-

1. AVG antivirus
2. SpyBot Search & Destroy
3. Ad-Aware
4. CC Cleaner
5. Dr.Web CureIt
6. Malware Bytes Anti Malware
7. SDFix
8. Eset Online Scan

Which ones should I keep
Which, if any should I delete
How often should I run what is kept
How often should I use the online scanner
Can I still use and should I use my PC disc clean up and defragment systems

It would be interesting to hear peoples opinions

I have comodo, avg, adware and super antispyware oh and ccleaner

id keep avg, adware, ccleaner and Malware Bytes Anti Malware,

DatabaseError

1. AVG antivirus
2. SpyBot Search & Destroy
3. Ad-Aware
4. CC Cleaner

6. Malware Bytes Anti Malware
7. SDFix


Which ones should I keep - see above
Which, if any should I delete - see above
How often should I run what is kept - weekly
How often should I use the online scanner - never
Can I still use and should I use my PC disc clean up and defragment systems -yes

Reluctant_spender

I would keep all those listed by tonyhague except SDFix.

This is a special removal tool and is constantly updated. It has now done it's job so I would remove it.

jon_r_2

Avast is also very good