MindoverMaster
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I find Malwarebytes to find things others don't. A team of investigators is better than one.
As should every real-time scanner. But since real-time scanners depend a great deal on signature/definition files that may be almost 24 hours old, or older, there is always a slight risk brand new malware or a new mutation, or a zero-day exploit is out there and just happens to be residing in that download or attachment. Supplemental scanning with a second scanner does not guarantee detection of something that new, but it doubles your odds. If you are not 100% sure of the source of that download or attachment, and unless you sent it to yourself I don't think you ever can be, supplemental scanning with a second scanner is a prudent precaution in today's security environment.My AV scans for spyware/viruses after it is done downloading.
Sure! Even if you just updated your scanner, a badguy can release something new the next minute. New malware is typically out in the wild for some time - often days or longer before the anti-malware community becomes aware of it. And that is usually only after some one has been infected and reported it. Then they have to learn how to detect and identify it, then write the definition/signature files and get that out to us users.So, if your scanners don't happen to be updated on a daily basis, you can still get malware or viruses.
Ummm, not sure what you mean here. Virtually all viruses and other malware are hidden in files. Viruses don't go running around announcing their presence with self-describing filenames.And some viruses are known to be hidden within a file.
Ummm, I did not say all torrents are bad. I did not say anything about torrents being good or bad. I said, "illegal filesharing via P2P sites and torrents is" because, "badguys use these sites to release and distribute their new malicious code". Big difference. Please don't twist my words around.All torrents are not bad.
Well, sure. Lots of the more cleverly coded malware attempts to trick your scanners. That's a primary goal of malicious code writers - to not be detected. Not sure of your point there either. They still don't announce their presence and are typically distributed disguised as or within safe or friendly file names - all the more reason to manually scan new downloads with a supplemental scanner....there are stealth and polymorphic viruses that trick your Scanner into thinking that it is safe.
Okay. I assume you are addressing yourself too, right? Noting this thread has via a natural course turned to Curbkiddytech's anti-malware solution - or potential lack thereof, I think "our" side discussion is not far OT. He can jump back in at any time and I hope he does because to that, until he replies in response to my quiry about his version of Spyware Doctor, we don't know if he does or does not have a complete real-time anti-malware solution. And since malware could be part of his excessive memory use, I think my line of inquiry is in line with helping the OP. And to that point, I think it best to curtail this tangent line of discusion now until we do learn which version of SD he has.Edit: Please stay on topic. Help the OP.