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[QUOTE=Bulldog]I have two different AV's installed (not running at same time) ...[/QUOTE]
BD,
Do you keep only one (#1, say) running as a real-time defense?
If you use one of them (#2) just for on-demand scanning, do you shut down the other (#1) when you run a scan with #2?
Have you had any conflicts of the two you could tell us about that might help us (me) avoid potential problems with two AV programs installed at the same time?
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| [QUOTE=Wisewiz]Do you keep only one (#1, say) running as a real-time defense?[/QUOTE] Yes. I check the main one daily for updates. The other one I will check for updates just prior to doing a scan. Once a month.
[QUOTE=Wisewiz]If you use one of them (#2) just for on-demand scanning, do you shut down the other (#1) when you run a scan with #2?[/QUOTE] Yes. I'm not sure this is critical though.
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Have you had any conflicts of the two you could tell us about that might help us (me) avoid potential problems with two AV programs installed at the same time? [/QUOTE] No, sorry no conflicts. I also recall Metallica mentioning somewhere, that he has no problems running Norton and NOD at the same time.
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| No point in it, just invest in a good AV app and set it up properly and you will be fine.
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| My PC came with Norton and I had a key for PC-cillin (Trend Micro). Tried to run both with one active and the other reserved for on-demand scans and it was a mess. No way.
Then AVG (freeware) was recommended. Out of curiosity, I tried both Norton/AVG and PC-cillin/AVG in active/on-demand combos. Norton/AVG was a slow mess and I dumped Norton. PC-cillin/AVG combo worked okay as long as PC-cillin was the active and AVG the on-demand. When put into the on-demand role, PC-cillin somehow kept activating itself.
After AVG consistently caught viruses that PC-cillin missed, I saw no need for PC-cillin and removed it.
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| [QUOTE=mnosteele] No point in it, just invest in a good AV app and set it up properly and you will be fine.[/QUOTE]
Yahbut, ma frenn,
Some of us like the xtra security of a double-check, especially when there's a wave of new crap running around. There are two good reasons for an extra scanner, as I see it:
The AV programs use different algorithms and different dat files, so it's possible that something can get by one that another will catch, and
The people who are responsible for AV updaters aren't equally fast, so there's always the possibility that one will have more up-to-date files available than the other.
Yeah. I recommend investing in a good program and setting it correctly, too. I never run a computer without a reliable commercial AV program installed and correctly set.
But extra protection never hurts, especially when your business depends on your machines. And mine does.
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| [QUOTE=Wisewiz][QUOTE=mnosteele] No point in it, just invest in a good AV app and set it up properly and you will be fine.[/QUOTE]
Yahbut, ma frenn,
Some of us like the xtra security of a double-check, especially when there's a wave of new crap running around. There are two good reasons for an extra scanner, as I see it:
The AV programs use different algorithms and different dat files, so it's possible that something can get by one that another will catch, and
The people who are responsible for AV updaters aren't equally fast, so there's always the possibility that one will have more up-to-date files available than the other.
Yeah. I recommend investing in a good program and setting it correctly, too. I never run a computer without a reliable commercial AV program installed and correctly set.
But extra protection never hurts, especially when your business depends on your machines. And mine does.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I agree.  
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| You are just asking for problems with 2 apps installed. All AV apps run something at start up no matter what you actually have told it to run. 90% of viruses come through email attachments and right there you can choose or not choose to open it, if you keep your AV app up to date and have the heuristics set to the highest level and scan weekly you will be safe. Also just setting up your pc properly with a good firewall and spyware prevention/removal apps and turning off things such as auto Windows Update and actually keeping up with all the patches for Windows and your other apps (almost nobody does). Just choose a quality app such as Norton, Kaspersky or NOD32 etc. Personally I have tested and used many of them and I use Symantec Corporate, I wouldn't expect many home users to use it but it is far better than any other I have used.
 
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