Have a new T60 laptop. is it more effective to install and run 3 or 4 antispyware pgms instead of ju

i was told by Yahoo answers NOT to install more than one anti virus programs, but what about anti spyware.

ALSO, which are the best anti spyware programs - don't mind if they are free or not.

Does windows Defender work with Firefox??

I realize that I have asked 3 questions but they are kinda related. many thanks in advance........

Have a new T60 laptop. is it more effective to install and run 3 or 4 antispyware pgms instead of just one?product key

More then one anti-virus is generally preferred as long is only one of them is using resident real time protection. New spywares are created literally hourly, so no single anti-spyware can really detect all malware, so it is always a good idea to have a second scanner that is running on-demand only, and alternate scanning with each every few days or so.

Undoubtedly, the most widely used combination of antispyware is Spybot Search and Destroy

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybo...

and the free version of AdAware SE

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

Activate the "Teatimer" and "Immunize" using the advanced settings on Spybot which will be your real-time protection. Spybot will be your primary scanner for your regular full system scans, which you should alternate with Ad Aware.

This is a very effective and free combination.

Just keep everything updated and this includes Windows Updates which come out on the second Tuesday of every month.