Real Time Protection Question

Ealier this week, I installed Windows Defender just to try. Just as soon as Windows Defender was installed there was a popup alert from Spyware Doctor stating something to the effect "can't have two programs running at the same time with Real Time Protection, do I want to disable Windows Defender" or something similar to this.

I have NOD32 v3.0, Spyware Doctor v6.0 and Spybot Search & Destroy v1.6 all with Real Time Protection "On" but have never received any kind of alert like the one above. I was wondering, are there maybe a hidden conflict between the programs I know nothing about or is everything ok.

 

Hello ron_c,

Having multiple AVs will cause conflicts and in many cases cause major conflicts with your machine. Only use one AV product for Real-time protection and disable the others. The other AV products can be used for manual "On-demand" scans.

Thank you,
Richard

 

I wasn't clear on my post. I have only one AV, NOD32, I should have said Spyware Doctor is Antispyware only. I was just wondering about any conflicts with all 3 programs having Real Time Protection turned "On" at the same time. Everything seems to be ok.

 

It doesn't mater what "anti" they are. They all do the same thing. Constantly scan files in access by other programs. They will delay access to a file from a certain program until the scan is done, essentially, they will all fight to scan files.

 

I understand now and will only have NOD32 as the only Real Time Protection. Thanks a bunch for clearing up this matter.