Hi,

I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
simultaneously on my pc.

Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick to
1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?

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Many thanks for your valued advice!

Tommi,

Not sure if they will confict with each other, but one may pick the other up
on a realtime scan

What you will notice is a slower machine as you have 2 scanners hogging
resources.

Me personally wouldn't use either of those products & had Avast on my U3
flash drive when I bought it which I immediately deleted. Although, this is
my opinion

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)



"tommi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:46349F91-3DD2-4812-A99D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
> simultaneously on my pc.
>
> Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick
to
> 1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?
>
> --
> Many thanks for your valued advice!

tommi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
>simultaneously on my pc.
>
>Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick to
>1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?

The general principle is that you should only have one antivirus
product memroy resident and actively running. If you want to have a
second program available you should turn off the memory resident
functions in that program and just use it manually whenever you want a
"second opinion" on a specific file, group of files, or the entire
hard drive. Having two antivirus programs active at the same time
can cause conflicts, as both try to spring into action whenever a
suspicious circumstance is detected.

As to which of your two is better, that is something that I am not
going to get into. I have used AVG myself for several years now and
it has always been fully adequate in terms of protecting my PC. On
the other hand a number of people who's opinions I respect will say
the same things about Avast.

Instead of having a second antivirus installed I do an occasional
full system scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com or one of the
other free scanning sites.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

AVG is very computer friendly. Unlike PCillin, McAfee, and Norton. The
latter is the worst of the lot. Many people have trouble with all 3 of
them. Then there are some that has no problems with them. I believe I
must have been using AVG for like 6 years now. It is the greatest
anti-virus IMHO.

--
Bill

"Newbie Coder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Me personally wouldn't use either of those products & had Avast on my
> U3 flash drive when I bought it which I immediately deleted.
> Although, this is my opinion

"tommi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:46349F91-3DD2-4812-A99D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
> simultaneously on my pc.
>
> Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick
> to
> 1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?
>
> --
> Many thanks for your valued advice!

I have both on my computer but have shut down the resident scanner on AVG,
using Avast as my primary antivirus. I just use AVG as an on-demand scanner
to scan downloaded files before I open them. I also have Clam and
Bitdefender for the same purpose. Bitdefender seems to do the best job when
scanning files.
Ted

Yes; yes; Avast.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

tommi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
> simultaneously on my pc.
>
> Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick
> to
> 1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?

Yes, Yes; AVG.
Tom
"PA Bear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| Yes; yes; Avast.
| --
| ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
| MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
| AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
|
| tommi wrote:
| > Hi,
| >
| > I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned
on
| > simultaneously on my pc.
| >
| > Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick
| > to
| > 1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?
|

<pft> <eg>

Tom Willett wrote:
> Yes, Yes; AVG.
> Tom
> "PA Bear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Yes; yes; Avast.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>>
>> tommi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned
>>> on
>>> simultaneously on my pc.
>>>
>>> Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick
>>> to
>>> 1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?

"Tom Willett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Yes, Yes; AVG.


Avast

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:02:03 -0700, tommi
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have AVG resident shield and Avast on-access protection being turned on
>simultaneously on my pc.
>
>Will they cause any software conflict to each other? Should I just stick to
>1 of them instead of using both at the same time? Which one is superior?


I don't know specifically if these two will conflict. If not, using
two on one machine will bog down your system. I use both AVG and
Avast! but on separate machines. Both work well, perhaps a slight
preference for Avast!