You can't have two antiviruses running at the same time. But can you have more than one anti-spyware running at the same time?
I'm thinking ad-aware and spybot search and destroy.
(With AVG free as antivirus)
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Can you have more than 1 anti-spyware running simultaneously?
May 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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1 2Negative // May 15, 2008
I have all three of those installed on my machine. I would say to run them at seperate times. You can use the realtime protection at the same time but if you do a manually system cleaning then do it with one program at a time.
2 art // May 15, 2008
no you can't, it will make your computer crash, what you can do is have both installed and not run both scans at the same time, one first and then the other one.
keep in mind that's better to prevent than try to remove spywares and all of that crap so I'd strongly recommend you to get a decent firewall like Zone Alarm, it's free, if you are willing to pay to get kickass protection i'd go with Kaspersky Internet Security or Bit Defender it's cheaper.
3 Fender S // May 15, 2008
Yea you can have more than one. But sometimes they conflict and can miss malware.
4 Kao j // May 15, 2008
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5 Oops // May 15, 2008
I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. I have just upgraded to AVG free 8.0 and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps
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