What can you tell me about McAfee AV?

MBAM used to be an additional anti-malware software, but it is only a pretend AV now.

DavidG said:

I tried Kaspersky Anti-Virus it says MBAM is an incompatible software. I have a lifetime license for MBAM. I checked the MBAM forum and they recommend MBAM and turning on Windows Defender. So that is what I have running. Kaspersky was on sale so I only lost $16.95, not a big deal at all.

There is always a risk running any 2 (or more) anti-malware programs on one device.

But, in the case of MBAM and Defender, these compliment each other but only to the extent of their limited individual capabilities and intended functions. Nether are complete anti-malware protection (like Kaspersky is).

Was MBAM a one-off payment for a lifetime, or annual life-time renewals? If it was me. I'd forego the cost of MBAM and go with Kaspersky.

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DavidG said:

MBAM always ran very well with Norton products. I had Norton for free from my ISP but they discontinued the offer.

Of course it did, and that was a reflection on Norton's limited capabilities to detect what should have been identified as an incompatible program. In that case, false positives are always a high risk.

I bought it many years ago when they offered a lifetime license for a low regular price - now I pay nothing. Maybe ten years ago they offered that deal. I have enjoyed seeing it improve over time. I have a cheap Dell computer ($420) and nothing on it is vital. It's a home computer not a work computer. If I change my mind I can reinstall and reactivate Kaspersky. I'm just very attached to MBAM because we have come a long way together.

TairikuOkami said:

Of course, you can not run 2 AVs at the time, it could cause BSOD and such.

Tairiku, we've been over this a number of times on this forum: MBAM and Defender are complementary, they run perfectly well together (with the right settings), and they both run real-time protection without any trace of "BSOD and such." Neither is crippled by the other at all.

I recently tried to install a program that Defender grabbed and quarantined before I could even run it, and when I told Defender to leave it alone, and proceeded to try to run it, Malwarebytes grabbed it and quarantined it. I like that pattern of complementary behavior by real-time protective utilities.

Wisewiz said:

Tairiku, we've been over this a number of times on this forum:

I was talking about Kaspersky + MBAM.

Sorry, I must have misread that post. My apologies.

No problem, there are some AVs that are compatible with others, like Immunet, but I find it overkill, it is better to run a software that improves other areas, like HitmanPro (anti-exploit), Spyshelter (anti-keylogger).

DavidG said:

I tried Kaspersky Anti-Virus it says MBAM is an incompatible software. I have a lifetime license for MBAM. I checked the MBAM forum and they recommend MBAM and turning on Windows Defender. So that is what I have running. Kaspersky was on sale so I only lost $16.95, not a big deal at all.
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It's a bold decision to use Russian developed and supported antivirus software