A few months ago 4 of my home computers were hit with some malware. Each
machine had Spybot installed and each had one reputable free antivirus
program, not all the same. I was able to rescue 2 of the drives and had to
use clone backups to restore the other two. Spybot was the only utility to
detect the malware. I reported the malware to one of the antivirus
companies. The responder apologized for missing it, and made a statement to
the effect "One antivirus program will not find everything". I continue to
keep one antivirus and Spybot "active" on each machine. I also keep at
least one other antivirus "dormant" for periodic "second opinions". Maybe
overkill, but it has worked pretty well for me

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> It probably won't slow things down to any significant degree, but many
> say it's out of date.
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Somebody asked me a question that I don't know the answer to.
> >
> > I use Norton Internet Security.  I also use Spybot Search and Destroy.
> >
> > Is Spybot redundant?  Does it just slow things down?
> >
> > I know that you don't need two anti-virus programs, but do you need a
> > separate bot checker?
> >
> > Dean Kukral
> >
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