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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
I had this major crash of IE 7 and had to have this Microsoft "level 2" tech do a remote assistance thing to fix it--and it took weeks! (and $100) But anyway, addressing what she said, she said it wasn't good to combine security programs. She said Microsoft Essentials was plenty. But then--interestingly--when she ran a scan she used Malware Bytes (but then she un-installed it when she was done and told me I should do the same thing.) Personally I would have Malware Bytes and probably a few other things on there, but so far I have been following her advice. Any thoughts?
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It's generally a bad idea to mix multiple anti-virus programs - they tend to identify each other as malware, because AV programs have to hook in to the operating system at a very deep level, in some of the same ways that malware does.
I don't believe MB actually counts as an AV program in that sense, though. It seems to be more of a supplement to AV, and seems to get along with most AV OK. Milegage varies, of course.