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| Thread ID: 43188 | 2004-03-06 07:49:00 | Avast vs AVG anti-virus? | Blue Druid (4480) | Press F1 |
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| 220563 | 2005-07-25 12:56:00 | I cannot believe the abundant lame additions to this thread. First of all you should never, NEVER use 2 anti virus programs on your pc at the same time. Anyone who tells you differently doesn't know what they are talking about. It's ok to run more than one spyware program (like spybot, spyware blaster, spysubtract) but 2 Av's running at once will and does cause a conflict. The safest way is to have 1 program, keep it updated and then occasionally do a free online scan with a variety of choices (check the 2nd pg top at http://hotspots.81x.com and you'll see several free tests you can take). Also honestly Norton is a resource hog. There are other free programs like Avast and AVG that all work fine used in conjunction with spyware tools, a firewall (not windows crap but a downloaded freebie like sygate or zone alarm), oh and one more thing, common sense will protect you online also. cheers! | Dildodorant (5360) | ||
| 220564 | 2005-07-25 23:55:00 | Dildodorant what are you on about? this thread is full of people saying NOT to use 2 AV's at the same time which is exactly what you have just said! BTW you can have more than one AV Installed, several people here have 3-4 AV's installed, BUT only one is ever running. sometimes the AV's will detect each oithers defs but thats easly fixed if it occurs. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 220565 | 2005-07-25 23:58:00 | and is it necessary to have Dildo in your username?,are you 4 years old? | Metla (12) | ||
| 220566 | 2005-07-26 00:44:00 | I use both AVG and Avast - both good, no problems (contrary to other posts). Really not a big issue I would say - experienced no conflicts, even on tests. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 220567 | 2005-07-26 02:46:00 | www.microsoft.com ^^ Looks good Dildodorant, mind re-signing up with a new Username? Unless you have good reason to keep it, Id really rather not ban the current one. This is a Family site remember. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 220568 | 2005-07-26 21:41:00 | Just as an excersise here at workafter reading this tread, I loaded up on Monday an old P2 / 266 with AVG, Avast and Antiver to see what problem there would be all running at the same time. Apart from a slower loading of the desktop and systray there does not appear any sort of performance hit or conflicts. As to whether it would pick up more viruses is anyone guess.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 220569 | 2005-07-26 22:19:00 | Apart from a slower loading of the desktop and systray there does not appear any sort of performance hit or conflicts. As to whether it would pick up more viruses is anyone guess.. Well how about doing a proper test and hit the PC with a dozen viruses just to see what happens then? ;) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 220570 | 2005-07-26 22:47:00 | Used free AVG for years without a problem. Installed free Avast on Professional recommendation a few months ago after a reinstall and now prefer it. Auto updates, scans full time, checks mail, all in all good. Nortons? No Way, it kills Macs that use it trying to protect Windows on the same network, doesn't seem to do PCs much good either. :2cents: |
Sue (33) | ||
| 220571 | 2005-07-26 22:47:00 | Well how about doing a proper test and hit the PC with a dozen viruses just to see what happens then? ;) And add Nortons into the mix. You'll have to take into account Nortons standard performance hit, ie; find a more powerfull machine to run it on, but, I'd hazard a guess it's the least compatible of all the common AV apps. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 220572 | 2005-07-27 02:54:00 | Contact me when you want some 'items' to test it with | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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