Two AV's

[Jeff T.]

Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed? I've got Avira
premium installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security
Essentials

 

[Bruce Hagen]

"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed? I've got Avira
> premium installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security
> Essentials


You do not want to have two AV programs running at the same time. They
will conflict with each other.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

 

[Daave]

Jeff T. wrote:
> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed?

No.

But it is problematic if they both *run* at the same time! So since AV
programs are configured to always run in the background, you need to be
careful. I would keep Avira and install ClamWin if you would like a
second AV program. Make sure you also have anti-spyware programs
installed. I personally recommend MalwareByte's AntiMalware and
SUPERAntiSpyware.

(Also remember to keep as secure as possible by installing the latest
Windows security patches.)

 

[Anthony Buckland]

"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed? I've got Avira
> premium installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security
> Essentials

Pick one. Or pick two and have them interfere with one another,
so that you're worse off than with one alone. If you have an antivirus
installed and you don't trust it, why did you install it in the first place?
This is like hiring a bodyguard and saying, "Cover my back!" and then
looking behind you all the time to see if he's doing his job (and guess
what's happening in front of you, where you weren't looking?).

 

[Peter Foldes]

Jeff

It will conflict. Install one as resident and run all others on line after the
resident finished. Make sure the online ones also run one at a time

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"Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed? I've got Avira premium
> installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security Essentials
>

 

[Unknown]

Why all that trash? Why not only MSE?.
"Daave" <daave@example.com> wrote in message
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> Jeff T. wrote:
>> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed?
>
> No.
>
> But it is problematic if they both *run* at the same time! So since AV
> programs are configured to always run in the background, you need to be
> careful. I would keep Avira and install ClamWin if you would like a second
> AV program. Make sure you also have anti-spyware programs installed. I
> personally recommend MalwareByte's AntiMalware and SUPERAntiSpyware.
>
> (Also remember to keep as secure as possible by installing the latest
> Windows security patches.)
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Only one AV app should be installed & loading at boot.

Microsoft Security Essentials Support Forums
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/mse

Can I install Microsoft Security Essentials [or any other
anti-virus/anti-spyware application] to clean up my already-infected
computer?
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msescan/thread/87058857-d181-4019-a723-efd9a49d9275



Jeff T. wrote:
> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed? I've got Avira
> premium installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security
> Essentials

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:12:06 -0500, "Jeff T." <jeftho@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

> Does it hurt anything to have two Antivirus' installed?


Yes. It's a *very* bad thing to do. They can conflict with other and
they will hurt your performance.


> I've got Avira
> premium installed and was thinking about installing Microsoft Security
> Essentials


Both good choices, but you only need one of them.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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