avast clean up spybot

[Mike Hackett]

Hello. On a recently purchased HP Omen (open box) i went for a free trial with avast with clean up, having fixed about 200 registry errors which in itself baffled me on a new system, avast is suggesting i sleep spybot as it is supposedly slowing my system severely. as spybot was added by me for a bit of extra safety I am dubious about disabling it, any suggestions?

 

[Ralston18]

Should not be any problems as a result of disabling Spybot.

Especially if the system performance improves.

Check the following link and #4 in particular.

https/www.techradar.com/news/best-free-anti-malware-software

As for the registry - best left alone. The registry will always have errors and "fixes" can make things worse. To the point of an unworkable computer.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Emsisoft Emergency Kit...If you get infected this is one of the best tools in the business.

 

[jr9]

- Avoid running two different active anti-malware programs at the same time. This can cause problems and almost always causes system performance loss if both programs are configured to actively scan and monitor. Recommend removing either AVAST or Spybot. AVAST should be sufficient.

- Registry cleaners are bad. They cause more problems then they solve. Registry cleaning does nothing as far as performance goes.

 

[antishill]

Avast is such a nuisance. It is too pushy and tries too hard to take over everything that is has no business of interfering with. I would uninstall Avast and get some other anti-viruse option.

 

[jr9]

A lot of larger anti-malware suites go beyond scanning and active monitoring. If you want a really simple solution, uninstall both AVAST and Spybot and just run Windows Defender or MSE. Free and includes active monitoring.