Forum only search News:. Home Help Login Register. Pages: [ 1 ] Go Down. Read times. I need to upgrade my Norton anti virus to Norton I am also running Webroot Spy Sweeper. Do you people foresee any conflicts?
Quads has the knowledge and the skills to speak with great authority on the subjects of security programs and threats to systems security. Be wise, listen and learn. At one time webroot use to have spysweeper only where you can install this without any conflicts with Norton, but then they bundled their antivirus and I think firewall as well not sure about firewall I havnt used these guys in years.
But you cant just get spysweeper alone anymore. Webroot checks each program as it loads, as does Norton. Webroot runs in real time as does Norton. Webroot uses the Windows firewall, which uses the Windows firewall service, but has its own firewall. It also secures the browser, as does Norton and they both have a password manager. This has to tell you something. If you turn everything off, you might as well save the money.
Ad-Aware was the same way. All it ever found was tracking cookies when on a system with Norton. I don't pretend to know or to think that two anti-virus programs can work simultaneously without conflict. I know, though, that is generally considered to be the case. Webroot's argument seems to be that it does not do things the same way that NIS or other security programs do and that there is no conflict in their case.
So my question really is are their claims correct? A further question might be, why does NIS seem not to be able to find the malware that some other programs like Webroot are able to find? For the most part I only ever use NIS. Any threat that was detected was quarintined or deleted immediately by NIS.
Once in awhile purely out of curiosity I run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware just to double check and it finds nothing. But yeah it's logic. Two programs designed to do similar tasks running at the same time. Would create conflicts and add to resource use. Now you're using 20MB instead of That doesn't make much sense. At least it might ask if I wanted them removed. It is certainly possible that some people want them on their computer. The ones that Malawarebyte and Webroot found are those that I don't want and so, when those programs asked if I wanted to get rid of them, I could.
NIS said nothing and thus the need, in my case at least, for other or additional software. Others may feel differently. Or, perhaps, they don't have a granddaughter who is less discriminating than I am when it comes to downloading things.
We know of no conflicts between Norton and Webroot SecureAnywhere and we are working to get Norton to remove this message from their product Thanks for posting your questions about Webroot SecureAnywhere.
When NIS v. I'd be interested to hear if Norton eventually does the same thing with Webroot SecureAnywhere. I'm afraid I don't have enough evidence to definitively answer your question about the dangers of running what Webroot refers to as "antispyware software" along side NIS in real time protection mode, but Symantec posted a support article here about issues that can occur when more than one security product is loaded at boot-up.
I would always advise against running full anti-virus products like McAfee or Kaspersky simultaneously with Norton see rozermartin27's recent thread here where McAfee caused a conflict with NIS but I agree with you that Symantec is operating in a grey area if they're going to block software that could quarantine low-risk PUPs potentially unwanted programs like ad-ware and browser re-directors that their own product is not designed to detect.
I wish someone could authoritatively tell me if, in fact, there is a real conflict between Norton and Webroot. So far I have heard nothing in the responses that actually responds to that claim by Norton. It is of little use to say that different security programs have had problems co-existing on the same computer which, I grant, is true when Webroot specifically claims that it doesn't because it operates differently than Norton and I think other security systems. I have no idea what they would say about other security systems because I didn't ask about them.
There is no way to guarantee anything for you. It is certainly possible that some people want them on their computer. The ones that Malawarebyte and Webroot found are those that I don't want and so, when those programs asked if I wanted to get rid of them, I could.
NIS said nothing and thus the need, in my case at least, for other or additional software. Others may feel differently. Or, perhaps, they don't have a granddaughter who is less discriminating than I am when it comes to downloading things. We know of no conflicts between Norton and Webroot SecureAnywhere and we are working to get Norton to remove this message from their product Thanks for posting your questions about Webroot SecureAnywhere. When NIS v.
I'd be interested to hear if Norton eventually does the same thing with Webroot SecureAnywhere. I'm afraid I don't have enough evidence to definitively answer your question about the dangers of running what Webroot refers to as "antispyware software" along side NIS in real time protection mode, but Symantec posted a support article here about issues that can occur when more than one security product is loaded at boot-up. I would always advise against running full anti-virus products like McAfee or Kaspersky simultaneously with Norton see rozermartin27's recent thread here where McAfee caused a conflict with NIS but I agree with you that Symantec is operating in a grey area if they're going to block software that could quarantine low-risk PUPs potentially unwanted programs like ad-ware and browser re-directors that their own product is not designed to detect.
I wish someone could authoritatively tell me if, in fact, there is a real conflict between Norton and Webroot. So far I have heard nothing in the responses that actually responds to that claim by Norton. It is of little use to say that different security programs have had problems co-existing on the same computer which, I grant, is true when Webroot specifically claims that it doesn't because it operates differently than Norton and I think other security systems.
I have no idea what they would say about other security systems because I didn't ask about them. There is no way to guarantee anything for you. Many conflicts are subtle and hidden. So if you don't know they are there, is there a problem.
Some would say no. Other times, the system may get a little slower while each one is doing their thing. If it doesn't bother you, there is no problem. If you get an infection, which you can do, no matter what is on the system, there are people to help. So give it a try and see if you can live with it. The bottom line to all this is that if you have two programs operating heuristically, then at some stage they will conflct.
That's pure physics. Norton looks for malicious malware such as viruses and other such malware that can cripple your computer and blocks them, before they can do damage. Pups and puas are usually not critical, and can be detected by programs such as MalwareBytes and SuperantiSpyware. I can see where the user is coming from on this. Norton does not deal with most PUPs, and they are becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.
Some of these PUPs are more than the average computer user can deal with, and supervising the kids on the computer may not do a lot to help. PUPs are meant to be sneaky. So while it is preferable to use only one antimalware product on any machine, it would be nice to come up with an alternative.
It is unfortunate that our best advice, no matter how accurate, leaves the user unprotected. If there is a conflict, I haven't seen one but will post if I do. Thanks RR. Thank you for that. I'm glad to hear that someone on this forum has actually been running both programs and can actually speak from some direct personal experiance.
If anyone else has tried running both programs together I'd love to know about their experiance too. I don't have Webroot SecureAnywhere WSA on my system and don't have enough information to advocate either for or against running NIS and WSA together, but I searched the WSA forum here for the word "Norton" and found several threads where Norton users have said they've never encountered a problem running the two security programs together.
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Norton Internet Security is also running on this machine and about to expire. I am considering renewing my Norton licence Like Quote Share. Hi chrisfeahr Welcome to the Community Forums. Hope that helps? Regards, Baldrick.
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