Solve : muliple AV??

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Answer» After searching AROUND, I still haven't found an ANSWER to the question ' is it ssafe to run multiple anti-virus programs. I have heard that you can, and I have also heard that you can't. I'd just like to clarify that. Thanks, ViperYou should not have more than one active program loaded. No benefit, and possibility of malfunction.But don't confuse anti-virus with anti-spyware, anti-trojan or anti-anythingelse. Quote But don't confuse anti-virus with anti-spyware, anti-trojan or anti-anythingelse. I'm not, I have a computer with both, AVG and Avast AV on them, and I was wondering if I had to REMOVE one. Viper You don't have to, but should!well, that sounds good to me, but which one should get rid of? :-? ViperYou don't need to remove one of them, just turn one off and use the other. They both have very good reputations. The following text was stolen from someone else. Quote Best Free Anti-Virus Software Updated May 3, 2006There are two equal recommendations in this category. First there is AVG Antivirus 7.0 Free Edition. This product [1] has been continuously refined SINCE it was first released in 1991 and now offers SOLID protection capabilities. Additionally, it's relatively small, light on resources, has regular automatic updates and handles email scanning. There is a free and a pro version, the only difference being that the free version has a few non-critical features disabled and has no direct technical support. Equally effective is the free Avast! scanner [2] though its funky media player style interface is not to everyone's taste. Avast! also required periodic re-registration while AVG does not. However Avast! does not seem to suffer the signature file update problems that plague some AVG users. I've never encountered an AVG update problem. Quote well, that sounds good to me, but which one should get rid of? :-? Viper but dont forget, running two AV slows your pc well I went to run/ msconfig, flipped a coin and chose to keep avast my primary av. Good choice, 'cause Avast is the best antivirus out there. Almn

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After searching AROUND, I still haven't found an ANSWER to the question ' is it ssafe to run multiple anti-virus programs. I have heard that you can, and I have also heard that you can't. I'd just like to clarify that.

Thanks,

ViperYou should not have more than one active program loaded. No benefit, and possibility of malfunction.But don't confuse anti-virus with anti-spyware, anti-trojan or anti-anythingelse. Quote

But don't confuse anti-virus with anti-spyware, anti-trojan or anti-anythingelse.

I'm not, I have a computer with both, AVG and Avast AV on them, and I was wondering if I had to REMOVE one.

Viper
You don't have to, but should!well, that sounds good to me, but which one should get rid of? :-?

ViperYou don't need to remove one of them, just turn one off and use the other.
They both have very good reputations.
The following text was stolen from someone else.
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Best Free Anti-Virus Software Updated May 3, 2006There are two equal recommendations in this category. First there is AVG Antivirus 7.0 Free Edition. This product [1] has been continuously refined SINCE it was first released in 1991 and now offers SOLID protection capabilities. Additionally, it's relatively small, light on resources, has regular automatic updates and handles email scanning. There is a free and a pro version, the only difference being that the free version has a few non-critical features disabled and has no direct technical support.

Equally effective is the free Avast! scanner [2] though its funky media player style interface is not to everyone's taste. Avast! also required periodic re-registration while AVG does not. However Avast! does not seem to suffer the signature file update problems that plague some AVG users.

I've never encountered an AVG update problem. Quote

well, that sounds good to me, but which one should get rid of? :-?
Viper

but dont forget, running two AV slows your pc
well I went to run/ msconfig, flipped a coin and chose to keep avast my primary av.

Good choice, 'cause Avast is the best antivirus out there.

Almn

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