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March 12th, 2007, 01:10 PM
#1
Junior Member
Can I have two anti-virus software running at the same time?
I have Norton Internet Security and AVG free. I was going to go all free software but don't know if I should. Does having two anti-virus programs going at the same time fight each other? If so can I turn AVG off and scan with it occasionally? How do you turn AVG off if that is the case? Is there something else that would be better? Appreciate all the help I can get as I'm not computer literate. Thanks.
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March 12th, 2007, 02:35 PM
#2
Not recommended to run 2 AV locally.
they tend to fight eachother
What I do is run one AV on the machine....and if I want a second opinion I disable the local AV and use an online scanner...
http://www.google.com/search?q=onlin...e=utf8&oe=utf8
I like the Panda scan...
MLF
How people treat you is their karma- how you react is yours-Wayne Dyer
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March 12th, 2007, 02:35 PM
#3
Having two av programs running shouldn't crash anything, however having every file you open/save scanned twice is going to slow everything down. If you right click on the AVG icon in the bottom right (a square divided into four small squares of colour) and open the control centre you get options to disable the on-access scanning. If you need I can post more detailed instructions when I get home. I can't remember this sort of thing without it in front of me.
If the world doesn't stop annoying me I will name my kids ";DROP DATABASE;" and get revenge.
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March 12th, 2007, 02:49 PM
#4
Junior Member
Thanks. Can you send me details.
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March 12th, 2007, 02:59 PM
#5
Originally Posted by duker
I have Norton Internet Security and AVG free. I was going to go all free software but don't know if I should. Does having two anti-virus programs going at the same time fight each other? If so can I turn AVG off and scan with it occasionally? How do you turn AVG off if that is the case? Is there something else that would be better? Appreciate all the help I can get as I'm not computer literate. Thanks.
You may want to read this.. http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?2,2797,sv=
post#7 Norton is very proprietory and will cause problems when there is 2 or more AV's trying to use the same resources, if you are going to keep Norton, then you don't really need AVG, if you want to run manual scans when required you can go to:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
or
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm
Regardless, if you have a paid subscription for Norton then use it up, after it is over and you don't wish to use them anymore, but want to use the free AV's (AVG or AVAST) then you should read this info..
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039
as a normal add/remove uninstall does not get rid of everything Norton placed on your PC
PC Registered user # 2,336,789,457...
"When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats."
Claude Swanson
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March 12th, 2007, 03:25 PM
#6
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March 13th, 2007, 06:12 PM
#7
Junior Member
Im using bitdefender right now.
I used Avast and Ad-Aware SE with Sygate firewall for years with great results.
Bitdefender seems to work well considering its a all in one.
Never had much faith in Norton, too many problems with the program itself.
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March 13th, 2007, 06:20 PM
#8
in my experience, not a good idea. For me, norton + mcafee = BSOD thats as far as I experamented with it. Granted this was a year or more ago, but still, I would recommend ONE av, and then use an online scan as a secondary opinion if you need it.
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March 14th, 2007, 09:22 AM
#9
Junior Member
Suggest that you not use Norton.
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March 14th, 2007, 09:40 AM
#10
I personally find that norton is more than capable of generating BSoDs on its own without assistance from anything.
If the world doesn't stop annoying me I will name my kids ";DROP DATABASE;" and get revenge.
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