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Old July 6th, 2012, 12:07 AM
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Love my AVIRA, but just looking down
the road just a bit...
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Old July 6th, 2012, 01:20 AM
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you may be fairly well without both but it would be better to have both as they are not the same thing and do not offer the same level of protection
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Old July 6th, 2012, 01:49 AM
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Love my AVIRA, but just looking down
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The MBAM people wouldn't recommend it. If you doubt me just ask them.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 03:53 AM
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besides, mbam has no firewall , at least avira offers you one !

my suggestion : Avira IS ( real time protection ) + MBAM ( on-demand )

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Old July 6th, 2012, 04:28 AM
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If you're not keen to spend money on Antivirus software, go for a free alternative to Avira and keep MBAM in real-time mode. Most AV-vendors are good enough catching worms, viruses and other peskies, but only MBAM is really good at catching rouges and other non-traditional malware. If you are willing to extend your license with Avira, go for that and keep going with Avira + MBAM. They are both excellent protection.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 06:31 AM
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don't make the mistake to drop avira.
avira is one of the best AV's out there.. my advice keep avira and keep it up-to-date
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Old July 6th, 2012, 06:41 AM
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Keep both.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 10:12 AM
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Keep both.
Agree, it's a light setup that should be effective.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 10:48 AM
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Ditch them both and get sandboxie and free firewall of your choosing (Private, comodo, Online armor)
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Old July 6th, 2012, 11:55 AM
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The MBAM people wouldn't recommend it. If you doubt me just ask them.
Interestingly, Marcin only uses MBAM on its own as confirmed in this post.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 12:06 PM
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Interestingly, Marcin only uses MBAM on its own as confirmed in this post.
And he is an average user ?
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Old July 6th, 2012, 12:28 PM
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And he is an average user ?
Some of us were wondering earlier this year what setup he uses. He made a comment in his own blog:
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I actually do not use any protection aside from Malwarebytes on my personal PC.
The post I quoted was after some of us tried to ascertain a bit more info from him as it was thought he must have some other means to protect himself.
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Old July 7th, 2012, 02:56 PM
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Some of us were wondering earlier this year what setup he uses. He made a comment in his own blog:The post I quoted was after some of us tried to ascertain a bit more info from him as it was thought he must have some other means to protect himself.
Nevertheless his company doesn't recommend others do as he does. It doesn't take much digging to find this out. http://helpdesk.malwarebytes.org/ent...virus-software
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Old July 7th, 2012, 07:57 PM
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Interestingly, Marcin only uses MBAM on its own as confirmed in this post.
Understandably, he's promoting his product
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