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Stan
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      13th May 2007
A friend has Comcast which provides McAffee AV. She is not happy with McAfee
and wants to know if she installs AVG antivirus is it okay or will there be
a conflict?

Thanks, Stan


 
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BigJim
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      13th May 2007
no problem just uninstall Mcafee and install avg
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>A friend has Comcast which provides McAffee AV. She is not happy with
>McAfee and wants to know if she installs AVG antivirus is it okay or will
>there be a conflict?
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> Thanks, Stan
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Mark F.
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      13th May 2007

"Stan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>A friend has Comcast which provides McAffee AV. She is not happy with
>McAfee and wants to know if she installs AVG antivirus is it okay or will
>there be a conflict?
>
> Thanks, Stan
>
>


Shouldn't be. I have done this in the past with no problems. However, if the
two are scanning or updating at the same time the system will slow down. Why
not uninstall McAfee and then install AVG?

Mark


 
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Stan
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      13th May 2007
Thanks to all for your suggestions. I passed this info on to my friend. Good
stuff. Stan
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> "Stan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>A friend has Comcast which provides McAffee AV. She is not happy with
>>McAfee and wants to know if she installs AVG antivirus is it okay or will
>>there be a conflict?
>>
>> Thanks, Stan
>>
>>

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> Shouldn't be. I have done this in the past with no problems. However, if
> the two are scanning or updating at the same time the system will slow
> down. Why not uninstall McAfee and then install AVG?
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> Mark
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Rock
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      13th May 2007
"Stan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>A friend has Comcast which provides McAffee AV. She is not happy with
>McAfee and wants to know if she installs AVG antivirus is it okay or will
>there be a conflict?


To clarify what some have said here, in general you can have two AV programs
installed at the same time. Just make sure only one is set for active (on
access) scanning. The other can be used for on demand scanning.

That said getting rid of McAfee is a good thing. McAfee and Norton both are
problematic. So first uninstall McAfee, then install AVG. Another good
free AV program is Avast.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

 
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