My experience with antivirus and antispyware programs has been that sometimes one program finds suspicious or 'dangerous' items that another program does not find. So I like the idea of having several such programs installed. However, most advise against using more than one program. For example, Microsoft Security Essentials' installer warns, 'If you have other antivirus or antispyware programs installed on your computer, they may conflict with Security Essentials and prevent it from working properly. Having multiple antivirus or antispyware programs may also cause severe performance issues on your computer." How valid is this warning? It sounds ominous, but the cynic in me wonders if this might also just be a way to intimidate users into avoiding competitors' products. Does Sophos expressly warn against installing MIcrosoft Security Essentials? I also have MalWareBytes Premium installed, and so far it does not appear to be causing any problems with Sophos (and vice versa). But, then again, how would a person know? Does Sophos expressly advise not to use Microsoft Security Essentials on the same computer? Why not make them mutually compatible, in view of the fact that past experience has shown that sometimes one program will miss a threat while another program detects it. Same goes for programs like Ad-Aware. Sophos is the Cadillac product in this class, and I am not criticizing Sophos in any way....I'm just instinctively skeptical about putting all my eggs in ANY one basket, even if it's supposedly woven out of Gold and Silver. What's the user community's Best Practice advice on this subject?
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