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I am using Windows 7 Home Premium x64 with SP 1, AVG Free Anti Virus (Real-Time protection) and MalwareBytes Free (On-Demand protection only) are installed, and Windows Defender is enabled (Real-Time protection).
After installing AVG Free in early July, I checked Windows Defender and it did disable automatically.
However, I checked Defender again in early Aug and it was enabled again so obviously it turned itself back on after an update.
To be clear, I only visit reputable websites for personal use and there are no virus, malware, or spyware issues. I am just confused about a few points:
1a. Why doesn’t Defender recognize that AVG is installed and turn itself off automatically?
2a. Does AVG Free Anti-Virus provide Anti-Virus protection AND Anti-Spyware protection AND Anti-Malware protection?
b. If the answer is yes, should Defender be manually turned off (since AVG provides the same protection and Defender will conflict with AVG) and should MalwareBytes be uninstalled (since AVG provides the same protection and MalwareBytes will conflict with AVG) OR should Defender be left enabled AND should AVG and MalwareBytes be left installed because all three programs WORK TOGETHER and provide DIFFERENT areas of protection?
c) Does Defender provide Anti-Spyware protection AND Anti-Malware protection and does MalwareBytes provide Anti-Malware protection?
Please answer each question separately with a 'short' answer directly related to what I am asking.
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After installing AVG Free in early July, I checked Windows Defender and it did disable automatically.
However, I checked Defender again in early Aug and it was enabled again so obviously it turned itself back on after an update.
To be clear, I only visit reputable websites for personal use and there are no virus, malware, or spyware issues. I am just confused about a few points:
1a. Why doesn’t Defender recognize that AVG is installed and turn itself off automatically?
2a. Does AVG Free Anti-Virus provide Anti-Virus protection AND Anti-Spyware protection AND Anti-Malware protection?
b. If the answer is yes, should Defender be manually turned off (since AVG provides the same protection and Defender will conflict with AVG) and should MalwareBytes be uninstalled (since AVG provides the same protection and MalwareBytes will conflict with AVG) OR should Defender be left enabled AND should AVG and MalwareBytes be left installed because all three programs WORK TOGETHER and provide DIFFERENT areas of protection?
c) Does Defender provide Anti-Spyware protection AND Anti-Malware protection and does MalwareBytes provide Anti-Malware protection?
Please answer each question separately with a 'short' answer directly related to what I am asking.
Continue reading...