1) I trust that you use WinPatrol to DISABLE (rather than REMOVE) unwanted startup entries. [For those here who may not know the difference, DISABLE typically includes a "memory" aspect, so that a subsequent attempt to enable the same program is AUTOMATICALLY disabled by WinPatrol. In contrast, an item removed does not include this memory aspect, meaning that a subsequent attempt to enable it can proceed.]
2) I've found that CCleaner is sometimes more effective at stopping unwanted startups. Go to TOOLS / STARTUP / click on the desired item, and select DISABLE.
Thanks ky. You could be right about that new version.
I had not in fact appreciated the difference in WPP between "remove" and "disable" from Startup in WPP. It has been quite a while since I had to do either.
But choosing "disable" did the trick. For good measure I also used CCleaner per your instructions. In any event, EAM is now gone from my startup list. An a2 service still shows up in my Task Manager, but consumes no CPU cycles.
I firmly believe in the law that entropy (disorder) tends to increase. As W.B. Yeats said, (in his poem "the Second Coming") "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;". Based on my recent experiences, I suspect I have too much security (even though I only run one AV, one anti-malware, and one software firewall in real-time).
I think we both agree that carefully hand-picking a combination of layered secured is preferable to relying on an all-in-one suite... and that, unless/until we run into overt conflicts, or can actually sense a significant slow-down of systems, we're doing the prudent thing.
Looking at your signature, I currently use most everything that you do --- expect for HitmanPro and EAM. So I don't see any problem/conflict with our "common" combination. [Note: I'm using avast on some of my systems, Panda Cloud on others... but never both on the same machine]. In fact, it looks like I'm using two more security programs than you: MBAE and MCShield.
In terms of security NOT included in my signature, I'm running HTTPS Everywhere in FF (Encrypted Web in PM), and uBlock Origin in both.
I don't believe I have any outright conflicts. Occasionally, some things may "feel" slow, but it's hard to quantify --- and even more difficult to definitively determine the proximate cause.
Let's put it this way: It's 2016, and I still continue to run some XP systems... in fact, I'm typing this on one now. [My primary system is Win7; my secondary Win8.1; so I guess that makes WinXP tertiary.] Yes, I've pretty-much given up on IE8 in XP... but regularly use PaleMoon (and/or FF) under XP.
ky331
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January 5th, 2016 11:00
Joe,
1) I trust that you use WinPatrol to DISABLE (rather than REMOVE) unwanted startup entries. [For those here who may not know the difference, DISABLE typically includes a "memory" aspect, so that a subsequent attempt to enable the same program is AUTOMATICALLY disabled by WinPatrol. In contrast, an item removed does not include this memory aspect, meaning that a subsequent attempt to enable it can proceed.]
2) I've found that CCleaner is sometimes more effective at stopping unwanted startups. Go to TOOLS / STARTUP / click on the desired item, and select DISABLE.
ky331
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January 5th, 2016 12:00
I see that EAM released a new build of version 11 today... perhaps that was the catalyst in implementing the new startup entries?
http://blog.emsisoft.com/2016/01/05/emsisoft-anti-malware-emsisoft-internet-security-11-0-0-6054-released/
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January 5th, 2016 13:00
Thanks ky. You could be right about that new version.
I had not in fact appreciated the difference in WPP between "remove" and "disable" from Startup in WPP. It has been quite a while since I had to do either.
But choosing "disable" did the trick. For good measure I also used CCleaner per your instructions. In any event, EAM is now gone from my startup list. An a2 service still shows up in my Task Manager, but consumes no CPU cycles.
I firmly believe in the law that entropy (disorder) tends to increase. As W.B. Yeats said, (in his poem "the Second Coming") "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;". Based on my recent experiences, I suspect I have too much security (even though I only run one AV, one anti-malware, and one software firewall in real-time).
ky331
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January 5th, 2016 20:00
Joe,
I think we both agree that carefully hand-picking a combination of layered secured is preferable to relying on an all-in-one suite... and that, unless/until we run into overt conflicts, or can actually sense a significant slow-down of systems, we're doing the prudent thing.
Looking at your signature, I currently use most everything that you do --- expect for HitmanPro and EAM. So I don't see any problem/conflict with our "common" combination. [Note: I'm using avast on some of my systems, Panda Cloud on others... but never both on the same machine]. In fact, it looks like I'm using two more security programs than you: MBAE and MCShield.
In terms of security NOT included in my signature, I'm running HTTPS Everywhere in FF (Encrypted Web in PM), and uBlock Origin in both.
I don't believe I have any outright conflicts. Occasionally, some things may "feel" slow, but it's hard to quantify --- and even more difficult to definitively determine the proximate cause.
Let's put it this way: It's 2016, and I still continue to run some XP systems... in fact, I'm typing this on one now. [My primary system is Win7; my secondary Win8.1; so I guess that makes WinXP tertiary.] Yes, I've pretty-much given up on IE8 in XP... but regularly use PaleMoon (and/or FF) under XP.