Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Another question! Sorry :] ..?

So I have Norton Antivirus .. but I also downloaded AVG .. is that okay? I wont run them at the same time.



I also have 2 spywares (spybot and spysweeper) and 1 adware (ad-ware 2007) .. is that okay? LOL



I thought it didnt matter .. as long as you dont run both of the same things at the same time? Maybe?



Thanks!



Another question! Sorry :] ..?antivirus software



About multiple aintiviruses in same pc, it's not recommended because they don't get along! Once installed, they mark their territory! On the other hand you can have as many spyware removal softwares as possible. Although hijackthis and spybot are the best.



Another question! Sorry :] ..?computer virus



You should have one--and only one--antivirus ALWAYS turned on and enabled for auto protection (scanning constantly for your email, web traffic, new files opened, etc.). My personal preference is to dump Norton and use AVG--but you could go the other way, too.



As for spyware protection, you can have multiple programs active. That's OK. I personally would not run spyware scans with all at the same time, because it will slow your computer down while scanning--but in principle you can do it.
like the other guys said, you can have multiple spyware software but only one antivirus installed. the will clash and will be reporting to you each other as a virus. you will only confuse your computer, so no matter which one you decide to stay with you must uninstall the other one. I am surprised that when you installed them they didn't give you an error or a warning about it.

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