HEY ALL i just got told to download 'microsoft live onecare' and it said i need to disable or uninstall anyother anti-virus software, if i have norton antivirus 2006 do i still have to?
2006-10-30 16:53:59 · 7 answers · asked by kylexx4xxever 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I also got same message about 10 minutes...its crap...don't uninstall your Norton antivirus '06...
2006-10-30 16:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Mafia 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Haven't used live onecare, but DITCH NORTON - they are REALLY bad. They slow your system down and don't update as quickly as they should (I just had the pleasure of charging a client $1600 to clean a virus Norton didn't detect until 3 days after I arrived - that was about 7 weeks ago).
http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_really_slows_windows_down/5
2006-10-31 01:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running 2 A-Vs at the same time is never recommended. There will be a conflict and leave you with less protection than one A-V alone.
One Care is a complete suite including a firewall and an antispy, but it is new and very untested.
As long as you have a firewall and an anti-spy to go alone with your Norton, I would keep it instead of the un-proven One Care.
2006-10-31 01:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you have to uninstall NAV 06 in order to install the Microsoft one. This is to make sure they don't interfere with each others' business and let the spywares roam free, if you want it in simple words.
My advice, keep NAV 06 rather than Microsoft Live OneCare if you're having a powerful enough system to run the memory-hogging NAV.
Nithanth ( http://www.nithanth.com/ )
2006-10-31 01:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by Invincible Vegeta 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, norton antivirus 2006 does qualify for "anyother anti-virus software", so yes. if not they will conflict with each other. also, norton is pure $hit. uninstall that crap even if you don't do anything else.
2006-10-31 00:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by kl0wnpunch 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, running 2 or more antivirus programs at the same time will make your system unstable.
2006-10-31 01:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by David A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just try low setting on norton antivirus then put it back to high when you have download
2006-10-31 01:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋