I have and regularly use several anti-malware programs (AMWP). Yet only Avast! antivurus provides real-time protection. All others, AFAIK, only scan the PC, and occasionally catch something, post factum, STS.
Are there any good (and free ) AMW SW that can actively guard the PC and catch offenders before they do any harm, if not heuristically, at least those with signatures (>99.9% of MW?).
Another thing is slightly different: Virtually all programs offer an option to start at Windows start. From experience I know that the more programs start when Windows starts, the more time it takes for the Windows to start. So, now I wait a while for Windows to start completely, i.e. to load a few programs which I want to be always open, and then a little more time (I have Processor Usage green monitor in the Systray) and as soon as I see that it is below 100%, I start one of the AMWP manually.
I wonder, is it possible to do something like this automatically? I tiny SW gizmo will start one AMWP at each reboot (or shut down?), or begin all of them consequentially, I mean the ones which do only scanning; the real-time protectors should begin at Windows start, it's more important than quicker start.