Symantec and AVG

[KerplunKuK]

Would it hurt to runs both at the same time? I have a free Symantec licence
through work, and I paid for AVG7, but it seems to keep being rubbish.
Currently I use Symantec about twice a week and it always finds virus',
however my twice daily AVG scan finds nothing. Will it do any harm to run
them together?
I can leave AVG on for scanning emails and real time protection and use
Symantec for daily scans.

A good idea or not?

Thanks

 

[Mike Lees]

I would strongly recommend that you run either one or the other, but not
both, and certainly not at the same time.
I currently run Norton Anti-Virus by Symantec, and given that you configure
it properly (largely the default condition), you be able to cover all your
requirements'

 

[D.Currie]

Would it hurt to runs both at the same time? I have a free Symantec licence
through work, and I paid for AVG7, but it seems to keep being rubbish.
Currently I use Symantec about twice a week and it always finds virus',
however my twice daily AVG scan finds nothing. Will it do any harm to run
them together?
I can leave AVG on for scanning emails and real time protection and use
Symantec for daily scans.

A good idea or not?

Thanks

I have both running on my test machine, which is often used to scan
customer's hard drives for viruses. There are plenty of times when one will
catch a virus that the other one bypasses. And I also run online virus scans
using other company's software, and have had no adverse effects doing that,
either.

Odd thing I've notices with AVG is that with some viruses, it won't detect
them unless they're somehow being access. So the AVG scan might come up
clean, but when Norton is scanning a folder, AVG will pop up a "virus
found" message.

I think the major reason people recommend against having 2 types of AV
software is that they may begin recognizing viruses in each other's
quarantine, and sooner or later you'd end up with a huge redundancy of
quarantined files. I've never had that problem, but then again, I see no
reason to save viruses that have been quarantined -- I just delete them.

Some of the AV programs won't install if you have another one active, but as
far as Norton and AVG, they seem to coexist nicely, at least on my test
machine. If they cause you problems, you can always uninstall one of them.

 

[Randy G.]

I have both running on my test machine, which is often used to scan
customer's hard drives for viruses. There are plenty of times when one will
catch a virus that the other one bypasses. And I also run online virus scans
using other company's software, and have had no adverse effects doing that,
either.

Odd thing I've notices with AVG is that with some viruses, it won't detect
them unless they're somehow being access. So the AVG scan might come up
clean, but when Norton is scanning a folder, AVG will pop up a "virus
found" message.

I think the major reason people recommend against having 2 types of AV
software is that they may begin recognizing viruses in each other's
quarantine, and sooner or later you'd end up with a huge redundancy of
quarantined files. I've never had that problem, but then again, I see no
reason to save viruses that have been quarantined -- I just delete them.

Some of the AV programs won't install if you have another one active, but as
far as Norton and AVG, they seem to coexist nicely, at least on my test
machine. If they cause you problems, you can always uninstall one of them.

For a week or two I was running McAfee and AVG free together with no
ill affect.
From Randy....  AKA "-ED" at the....
Feather River Canyon News
http://www.quiknet.com/~frcn

 

[Netuser 58]

Would it hurt to runs both at the same time?

I would agree with Mike Lees posting because AV programs are not
designed to run with other AV programs simultaneously. If you read the
directions on any AV program you will not find that recommended at all.
I have two anti-trojan programs but I never run them at the same
time - always separately.

Netusetr 58

 

[D.Currie]

I would agree with Mike Lees posting because AV programs are not
designed to run with other AV programs simultaneously. If you read the
directions on any AV program you will not find that recommended at all.
I have two anti-trojan programs but I never run them at the same
time - always separately.

Netusetr 58

I guess it depends on your definition of having the programs running at the
same time. With AV programs, most of them have the protection running at all
times in the background, so by having them installed at the same time,
they're in effect running at the same time.

The spyware programs are a different story, unless they both happen to have
real-time protection. Otherwise, they're only active when you set them to
scan.

That said, I have on occasion run some of the programs scanning
simultaneously and have not had any ill effects.

 

[Netuser 58]

I guess it depends on your definition of having the programs running at the
same time. With AV programs, most of them have the protection running at all
times in the background, so by having them installed at the same time,
they're in effect running at the same time.

Yes, unless one of them is disabled in the startup list. I did that
once with McAfee when v5 was no longer supported, to try one or two
other AV programs as a replacement. I removed McAfee when I decided on
the new AV program. I didn't take the new Mcafee(v7) because I didn't
want its firewall. I was happy with the one I had.

The spyware programs are a different story, unless they both happen to have
real-time protection. Otherwise, they're only active when you set them to
scan.

Those may be designed to work with AV programs, but I still run each
separate. The ones I have can be active at all times if I choose it, but
I don't see the need for it that way.