Yes. But if you have never had to do a clean install of Windows you would not appreciate the reasons. 1. Research to find if AVG has any conflicts with S&D Spybot or if S&D has conflicts with AdAware or if this has conflicts with that or if specific combinations may have conflicts with anything. 2. Does this feature of a product duplicate a feature in that product? How much duplication gets installed and then disabled? How much of your system resources does that duplication waste? 3. Would you like to install 6 different programs, run updates on all six and deal with the hassles of configuring six different programs plus schedule them all for updates? Or, would you rather just do *ONE* installation, *ONE configuration, *ONE* update and *ONE* configuration? 4. Do you want to deal with all of that on every computer you maintain? I have five computers I maintain and I can tell you that at less than 50 bucks TrendMicro is a Godsend. Even at a hundred bucks it would be worth it. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murray White" <phymur@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 2:32 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: trend micro question > is there a reason for wishing to spend $ to have AV scanner and > anti-spyware programs? > -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/