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| Thread ID: 56040 | 2005-03-25 11:41:00 | Multiple programs slowing down PC | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 338047 | 2005-03-27 09:23:00 | having more than 1 virus scanner may give you false virus alerts In what sense? Anyway, you just achieve 1,111 post. Happy 1111. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 338048 | 2005-03-27 09:34:00 | say you run avast and it says that you have no viruses, then you run AVG and it says that, for example that an important system file has a virus,it deletes it and sometimes it causes havoc. anyway, its not recommended having more than one virus scanner. all you need is a firewall, spyware,adware and virus scanner and all up-to-date of course :) then you should be sorted. I personally like Zonealarm, AVG, Spybot S&D and Adaware hopefully that makes sense, it was a tad hard to explain. :p |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 338049 | 2005-03-28 05:29:00 | you shouldnt have more than one virus scanner installed, this can cause problems I have 4 on my Server PC for Exchange. They all work fine and are suppose to be there. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 338050 | 2005-03-28 07:10:00 | I have 4 on my Server PC for Exchange. They all work fine and are suppose to be there. Yup, me too, no problem with 3 AV on my machine. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 338051 | 2005-03-28 07:16:00 | oh well, im sure it has mentioned around here, do as you please..... i was wrong then, but im sure ive read it on pressf1, i think that Jen was talking about it on another thread somewhere im not sure though, i might just go hunt for it..... |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 338052 | 2005-03-28 07:21:00 | The issue being that AV's look for "virus like behavoir", when you have 2 or 3 programs scanning each others work looking for virus like behavior you can run into issues, Only having one installed program active does a bit to get around the conflict, but they still install services that are running in the background, Killing these off pretty much breaks your AV program....making the entire drama a waste of time and effort. More then one Anti-virus,...not a great idea. People that thgink its a great idea?....More power to them, Go hard, Maybe one day TVNZ will interview them for the Sunday program... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 338053 | 2005-03-28 09:28:00 | To go back to the topic about slowing down in pc, here is my own 2 cent --- The fastest PC is only as fast as its slowest component. | e-tim (6875) | ||
| 338054 | 2005-03-28 09:50:00 | And in most cases, that would have to be the modem. One thing I'm wondering; have we as humans and computer users become that impatient that the 15 extra seconds [it takes for something to start up because a virus scan] really matters? |
Myth (110) | ||
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