I find that leaving any module of Spybot in memory is too much, so I just use it after the fact. I haven't used Avast! with any but MS's firewall so can't speak to that interaction, but by itself it is far less intrusive than any other AV program I have used (Norton, McAfee, AVG, PCcillin), in terms of noticing its presence.

I tried another AV program who shall remain unnamed, but their initials are Trend Micro. I couldn't get their DEMO working, even after contacting their tech support. Avast! just WORKS, well and unobtrusively.

R.


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