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AVAST 4.8 FREE HOME EDITION

Jul 2, 2008 7:43AM PDT

YA COMPUTER CAME WITH WINDOWS DEFENDER,IAM RUNNING WINDOWS VISTA.MY QUESTION IS IM USEING AVAST 4.8 FREE DOES IT ALSO HAVE REAL TIME ANTI SPYWARE PROTECTION?CAUSE I KNOW THAT WINDOWS DEFENDER HAS REAL TIME ANTI SPYWARE AND I DONT WANT TO USE BOTH WINDOWS DEFENDER AN AVAST ANTI SPYWARE IF THEY BOTH HAVE REAL TIME PROTECTION.IF AVAST FREE DOES HAVE REAL TIME SPYWARE PROTECTION SHOULD I DISABLE THE WINDOWS DEFENDER ANTI SPYWARE REAL TIME?

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