More than one

[krcmd]

I've read on this site, and elsewhere, that it's best to use several antimalware programs.

I've discovered the hard way that that isn't always possible b/o conflicts and crashes.

I have comodo FW, AV, and comodo Boclean; computer crashes if Spybot also on the drive, even if not automatically loading!

How do people set up to use more than one antispyware?

Thanks.

[Kyocera]

Can you point to a specific post or site that says to use two anti spywares. It's OK to use an anti spyware, software firewall and anti virus, but I would not use two anti spywares personally, this could cause conflicts.

[jjesusfreak01]

Moreover, make your computer run as slow as frozen molasses.

[ryengineer]

I've read on this site, and elsewhere, that it's best to use several antimalware programs.

Honestly, I am hearing this for the first time in my life....

[Kyocera]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=32960

check out these threads for a reference. Not that I'm specifically pushing any anti-virus or spyware but I use Windows defender/windows firewall/AVG freeware which adds up to $0.
On my 2003 server I have been using Nod32 purchased per the promotion at the top of the forum, it is perfect so far, non intrusive and runs very quietly in the background.

[Stargate199]

For my compute protection, first I use Firefox so I can control what cookies get put in. Out of the box alone, Firefox reduced malicious software by 85-90% in my tests. By doing some other tweaks to it, you can reduce that even further. For antivirus, I find that AVG Free Edition gets the job done. Then I also use Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware to scan every once in a while. Then when they have finished their scans and clean up, I run CCleaner to pure the registry of missing data (most of it from the spyware and adware) and do general cleanup. I have not had any manifestation of malicious software in about 1 1/2 years thanks to this, and sometimes I neglect to run this stuff and nothing bad happens!

[KristianJ]

Can you point to a specific post or site that says to use two anti spywares. It's OK to use an anti spyware, software firewall and anti virus, but I would not use two anti spywares personally, this could cause conflicts.

I would disagree with this to a degree - I've always found that Spybot, AdAware, AVG Anti Spyware, etc. are capable of picking up spyware that other programs can't. I know about not using more than 1 antivirus solution (go NOD32 ) but when I do spyware runs, I tend to do them one after the other with what I have on my computer (which is the abovementioned programs - AVG runs silently while I open the other 2 up to do the scans separately). But I wouldn't have them all running at the same time.

Plus I've read about using multiple anti spyware programs in a couple of places - I'll try and find sites when I have the time, but there was a test done on Call for Help a year or 2 ago that showed reasonably conclusively that just one anti spyear program may not be enough.