ipatovo
join:2006-03-04
Hampton, NH
| 2 antivirus programs
Are there any 2 antivirus programs i can use together?
Currently using AVG free. Sent an e-mail with yahoo, it says it found and cleaned virus.
After scanning with AVG, Norton online and Trendmicro online, no viruses found.
I'd like to have AVG free and some other antivirus to make sure i'm protected.
Any recommendations? |
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simmery
join:2006-01-29
| I will defer to the experts here, but it's really not a good idea to have two antivirus programs, even if one is only for on-demand scanning. You may get lucky and have no issues, but it seems to me you'd be better off with a single antivirus product and something like Windows Defender. AVG and Defender using the advanced member setting would be a pretty good setup. |
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pepperxn
join:2001-02-21 | reply to ipatovo
There's Bitdefender that's on demand only for the free one. I think I've read that some people on this forum install AVs, but disable auto protect, and use it as an on demand scanner. I could be incorrect though. |
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PrntRhd
join:2004-11-03
Fairfield, CA | reply to ipatovo
I respectfully recommend using only one onboard AV scanner and occasional online AV scans to double-check the onboard one. |
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Littlem129
Premium
join:2007-05-13
White Pine, TN
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You could try AVL Mini, it does not have any resident protection features. It's just for on demand scanning for viruses, trojans, etc. in case your AV misses something.
It is compatiable with your current AV, no resident protection, no conflicts.
It works very well, I had AVG free awhile back and it missed a new virus that had come out and AVL detected and deleted it.
Here is the link for it...
»www.antiy.net/product/avl/index.htm
Read the entire page to find out how you can get it free.  |
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AquaSport
California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California | reply to pepperxn
don't you have to buy VirusBarrier X5 to get BitDefender? or is that just a special package they have going?
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
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said by ipatovo  :Are there any 2 antivirus programs i can use together? Currently using AVG free. Sent an e-mail with yahoo, it says it found and cleaned virus. After scanning with AVG, Norton online and Trendmicro online, no viruses found. I'd like to have AVG free and some other antivirus to make sure i'm protected. Any recommendations? Absolutely a bad idea to run two resident anti virus programs, that can cause all kinds of performance problems.
One resident anti virus program in conjunction with online virus scans, such as TrendMicro, BitDefender Online or Kasperksy would be fine.
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spie34
Hmm
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join:2004-01-06
Boise, ID | reply to ipatovo
Can I ask why you think you need 2 A/V programs?
One thought here:
You have one A/V on your computer and then you have another one inside your brain called common sense. There is no reason to have 2 on a computer. |
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Hangetsu
join:2007-12-22
West Chester, PA
| My suggestion on this is to have one resident AV app, then use one of the on-demand scanners (Symantec, Kaspersky, Eset, TrendMicro, etc. all have one).
Having a second app to occasionally check isn't a bad idea, but you don't want to have two running concurrently. Using the online scanners helps to avoid this. |
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HA Nut
Premium
join:2004-05-13
USA
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I agree with the others. 2 resident AVs are a recipe for problems. In addition to their suggestions, I also like the on demand only scanner Dr Web CureIT. »www.freedrweb.com/cureit/?lng=en |
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ipatovo
join:2006-03-04
Hampton, NH | reply to ipatovo
Thank you all.
I'll stick to AVG and occasional online scanning. |
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
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You can try NOD32 it seems to be one of the more effective scanners. Just finished replacing an office of 8 PC that used to have Symantec AntiVirus with NOD32 every PC but 1 had a hidden virus SAV did not detect.
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sjoeii
Premium
join:2007-08-07 | reply to ipatovo
That's really the best way.
If you don't trust your av maybe it's time for a new one?
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diver196
join:2003-12-09
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ClamAV (free) is on demand only, and will work with other AV's. You might experiment with Avira or Avast as either of these free AV's may be installed as on demand only scanners.
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The Gnome
join:2008-01-27
USA | reply to ipatovo
I've used avast! Pro and Avira Antivir at the same time. When you install Avira choose the custom installation option and don't install the real-time feature. With AVG Antivirus or any other(if option available) do the same. |
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sjoeii
Premium
join:2007-08-07 | reply to ipatovo
It will only slow things down. Still can't see why two AV's |
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Indy Sabre
Sabre Rider From Indianapolis
join:2003-10-02
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BitDefender free V10 - »www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-e···ion.html
-it is an on demand scanner only. I use it with Avast.
Seems (and is effective) and is compatible with an onboard realtime AV. |
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The Gnome
join:2008-01-27
USA
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If both realtime features are running in the background at the same time, then yes.
Like I said, I use avast and antivir at the same time, but since antivir is not running in the background, my computer runs fast.
Why two av's? Well, I use it as a backup. One time I had four antivirus installed on my pc with no problems. avast, avg, clamwin, and antivir.
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NanDog
The Pup Was Female, I'M Not
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join:2003-12-28
Tacoma, WA | reply to ipatovo
»Security »Can I use two different AV programs at the same time?
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Henry89
@net.my
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i currently have avg but after i got infected by an trojan horse downloader that can't be deleted,i felt unsafe so i downloaded threatfire after seeing it info from newspaper and from it website.i know having two antivirus program installed is bad but the threatfire say it can work with other antivirus program and even boost it performance(if what i understand from it info is right).so can anyone tell me if i m wrong and why?And should i uninstalled one of the antivirus program?And one more thing that is nothing to do with the topic-is it okay to have two firewall?(currently have window firewall and want to install comodo frewall. |
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