My dad uninstalled Spybot and Spywareblaster and Windows Defender

Looks like that computer only has Norton anti virus to protect it. Looks like no real time or prevention to protect that thing. That thing is going down like a moth to a bug zapper.

 

Well maybe not if he's a careful surfer. Don't overblow the threat, he should still be fine...well maybe...if you teach him safe surfing. You don't really need 3 Antispywares anyway.

 

He uninstalled SpyBlaster? That's a great little app. Besides that, anti-spyware apps are configured in different ways,so one may miss something where another may catch it. With that in mind, you should always have at least 2 on your pc. I have 4 with one running. SpyBlaster included.

 

He thinks that the GODLY Norton Anti VIRUS will protect against SPYWARE.

 

Yeah you should be fine with norton, its had pretty good protection against most things. As long as you surf with some control you will be ok.

 

I think I know your dad lol. My friend had the exact same thing.... I went to his house... downloaded Ewido 4.0 (b4 avg anti-spyware came out)... found 2 trojans, 5 adwares and lots of cookies... He shutup and I told him to buy Kaspersky lol.

 

if he didn't remove the protection before he uninstalled spyware blaster the protection killbits are still there and working.

 

one silly unessary post removed.

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I don't think he shut it down its just uninstalled so the kill bits are still working?. Thats good

 

Cheater 87, I see you are using AVG anti-Spyware (alias ewido 4). When ever I do a scan, my system is a little unstable for a short time after the scan, as in apps loading slow. Have you had that experience? It's not a big deal, just ennoying.

 

Doesn't happen to me do you have the full version or the paid for one? I had the free one.

 

I have the paid one. It works well except for the period before the next boot. My computer shuts down in about 15 seconds except after a scan, where it takes about 30. When I re-boot it's OK again. Go figure.