After years of benefiting from the free versions of MalwareBytes and SpyBot S&D, it's time I contributed a paltry sum to them by buying their home versions (and it is home where I use them). However, they come with extra protection, whereas I only used the free versions for on-demand scans of selected files. Am I at risk of creating conflicts with Microsoft Security Essentials and the native Windows 7 firewall by upgrading to paid versions of MalwareBytes and Spybot S&D?
Shouldn't be a problem. When you install Mbytes, it tells the computer that it is taking over the AV task. When I use the full version, I disable MSE (it really isn't needed). The FireWall (Windows Defender) will continue to run nicely.
Been using MB Premium along side WD since the beginning of Win 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. Never had a problem or conflict. Have not used SpyBot S&D for some time now. Robert
