Re: Is CCleaner Safe? - MUO article extract and link
Originally Posted by
Zuleika
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The people who built my pc told me running even two different forms of protection isn’t necessary and they could in fact interfere with each other ,yet you appear to have four?
At present I have Kaspersky and Malwarebytes(free)having removed CCCleaner yesterday
So am I confused ? Yes ! I mean what do you do that justifies what you have installed ?
Two forms of basic antivirus protection is not recommended
I agree with that.
They can & do interfere with each other.
That could be because one company, finding a new virus, puts the DNA profile of that virus into his software on his customers' PCs. When another company product gets run, it could be that it spots that profile and sets off the alarm bells as it thinks it has found one!
Malwarebytes, helps in keeping us safe from "malware" which goes beyond antivirus. e.g Ransomeware, malicious web sites, and others.
Malwarebytes does not interfere with your antivirus, it complements it (in my experience).
Spybot also goes beyond the basic antivirus by seeking out BOTS (adware files, trojans, dialers, browser hijackers, rootkits and other infectious malware software).
Spybot goes deep and does not interfere with other antivirus software, in my experience.
So, for the everyday user, the antivirus provided by Windows, or another antivirus producer, is enough to keep most users happy, assuming they are kept up to date..
However, some of us, perhaps because we are heavier users, have seen or experienced hits by other nasty stuff which has led us to adding software to cover that.
When i put these packages on, I don't remove them unless they cause problems with others. I just disable them as required.
I have to add that I have had some bad times, with attacks.
I cover as much as I can now.
My Ebay account was taken over once. A russian started buying stuff in my name. That got sorted.
I also found that my email address had been PWNED (a term which means that some dealer, having closed down, had passed on the personal files of all of the users - which could then lead to the above, or worse.) You can check your own email by going to the I've been Pwned website.(
https://haveibeenpwned.com)
Sorry for the lengthy reply, but you did ask!