question about security defence

[im.spartacas]

does A WC 2 have to be running in the system tray for security defense to work ?

ie stop spyware getting on my p.c

[Clayton]

nope, AWC sets fixed registry entries to protect your computer from known malware. Think of it as a sort of black list for your computer...

[im.spartacas]

thanks for the reply.

so its the same as spyware blaster except it has a lot more on its list than S.B

[Clayton]

Yes, both AWC and spywareblaster use the same means to protect your registry. The same as in Spybot. You may notice sometimes that AWC and spywareblaster conflict after each immunizes your computer, this is because each has its own "recognized" or "recommended" value/registry entry to protect you from certain malware. Basically, whichever one does the immunization, the other thinks that that one did not do it right.

 

Really you should use these two programs together for more protection, since there are some things the other gets to first and that only it protects against (although I don't konw any specifics since there are far too many to check- the definitions for spyware are usually recieved from the same site though)

[im.spartacas]

no conflicts yet between the two..

i also use peerguardian 2 only when when im on P2P..