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SpyBot's -SD Resident?

joe2cool
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Hi just wondered if it is worth while having the SD resident (tea-timer) running on start up?

Thx
joe2cool
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  • andy2004
    andy2004 Posts: 1,309 Forumite
    personally i've always had tea-timer turned off., just eats up memory and cpu. and now after switching to malwarebytes which i run every night, I dont use spybot anymore
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Tends to create more problems than it fixes
    Personally I dont use it (But I DO use the 'immunise' feature)
    :idea:
  • kev1n3
    kev1n3 Posts: 567 Forumite
    andy2004 wrote: »
    personally i've always had tea-timer turned off., just eats up memory and cpu. and now after switching to malwarebytes which i run every night, I dont use spybot anymore

    Agree 100%
    :T:T
    Your tax bill is the penalty you pay for not helping the right candidates get into office.:D
  • joe2cool
    joe2cool Posts: 4,121 Forumite
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    OK Thx different views than another forum
    joe2cool
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,946 Forumite
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    joe2cool wrote: »
    OK Thx different views than another forum

    Interestin....which forum ???
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,847 Forumite
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    joe2cool wrote: »
    Hi just wondered if it is worth while having the SD resident (tea-timer) running on start up?
    Some forums suggest that Spybot itself has passed its best, and that Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is now more reliable/useful. I would agree, and have stopped running Spybot (and Ad-Aware too, for the same reason...)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    GunJack wrote: »
    Interestin....which forum ???

    AV Forum ;)
    :idea:
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,946 Forumite
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    gotta say, I only use the peripheral tools of spybot (immunise and the system tools which are pretty good), never use tea-timer or scanner.
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • joe2cool
    joe2cool Posts: 4,121 Forumite
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    Hi would you recommend free or purchased 'Malwarebytes'
    joe2cool
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    joe2cool wrote: »
    Hi would you recommend free or purchased 'Malwarebytes'

    Free is fine (Needs updating and scanning manually)
    :idea:
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