[Nikita1972]

This is so annoying, does anyone know if Microsoft has made a patch for this? I dont want to buy malwarebytes so I cant have live protection, just scanning.

WD is getting on my nerves LOL

[flavallee]

Originally Posted by Nikita1972

This is so annoying, does anyone know if Microsoft has made a patch for this? I dont want to buy malwarebytes so I cant have live protection, just scanning.

WD is getting on my nerves LOL

The links that I provided you in post #6 for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41 and SUPERAntiSpyware 4.30.0.1004 will allow you to download and install the "free" version of these programs. You don't have to buy the "paid" version unless you want to.

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[Nikita1972]

TY Flavallee, I did download that and can use it to scan manually. I thought that it would be live protection like WD provides. I contacted the tech ppl and he said I have to buy the full version to have live protection.

I will just have to get used to WD turning of all the time.

I cant downgrade my AVG back now either. pooie!

[aka Brett]

You only want one source of real time protection for spyware etc
WD is a basic included software for windows which offers something for when you have a new machine....Having 2 real times scanners can cause conflict as well as harm performance appreciably as you have 2 pieces of software related to anti virus both scanning files at the same time..when ever these files are handled such as after a download or opening them.

[flavallee]

Nikita:

To add to what Brett said, the "free" versions don't have real-time scanning, so there's no fear of a real-time scanning conflict.

If you run their update function about once a week and then do a quick scan with them and then allow them to remove everything they find, they'll keep malware and spyware in check.

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[Nikita1972]

TY Brett, I want to use WD as live protection. However the Malwarebytes that Flavallee suggested found stuff that WD never did. I will trust that better now but it wont provide live protection unless I buy the full version. WD ran fine untill ......well....ok I upgraded AVG and Microsoft released an update to WD at the same time so Now I dont know what to blame for this.

WD keeps turning off by itself and I have to keep maunally turning it back on. All day.

Irritating. Do I really need it anyways? Maybe I can just scan once a week with the malwarebytes hu? It cought more anyways.

[Nikita1972]

I will disable the WD and do that Flavalee. I will marked this solved because I dont have a blame for it and my subject isnt correct anyways It does auto start it just stops running over and over.

Thank you for the help everyone

[flavallee]

Windows Defender is crap. I keep it disabled in my Vista desktop. Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware do a better job.

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[aka Brett]

Originally Posted by Nikita1972

TY Brett, I want to use WD as live protection. However the Malwarebytes that Flavallee suggested found stuff that WD never did. I will trust that better now but it wont provide live protection unless I buy the full version. WD ran fine untill ......well....ok I upgraded AVG and Microsoft released an update to WD at the same time so Now I dont know what to blame for this.

WD keeps turning off by itself and I have to keep maunally turning it back on. All day.

Irritating. Do I really need it anyways? Maybe I can just scan once a week with the malwarebytes hu? It cought more anyways.

If you have other real time protection{AVG} then you dont want WD fighting to do the same job..I would disable the WD...Use your avg for real time protection and then do as flavalee suggests and use your other scanners on occasion to do a manual scan.