You do not know what you are talking about. Continuum.exe does not treat those anti-viral programs as suspicios, the opposite is true. You do not have to complentely disable your firewalls/defensive programs to run continuum. Simply put it on your "Safe list" within the antivirus software. If your firewall/antivirus does not have a "safe list" then it is crappy to begin with. I know for a fact that Norton has a list like this, and i am pretty sure ZoneAlarm does as well. Your spyware/adware removal programs will not block continuum unless you have downloaded an additional firewall or "security net" from the same site or through the program. Just because continuum is on your "safe list" doesnt mean you are open for attack. I know of no way to hack a computer through continuum.exe, and i have never heard of any such cases. If you are attacked, it will be via a different form than continuum. Granted, someone may be able to optain your IP through continuum, but they can only hack or sent viruses using other programs. If you do get a virus, your antivirus/firewall should block any information being exchanged between the suspicios program and other computers, and should offer you the option to remove it. I do not know what you are using, but I have never had a problem allowing open access to continuum while using Norton (Symantec) Internet Security.