First i would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who helped with my problem, everything fine now, and i have got some great free downloads for security from advice given on answers, just got one question, i have got AVAST and McAfee do these conflict or is it safe, when running avast scanner the results came up as cant scan mcafee because archive password protected, do i need to worry about this, or can anyone give me some advice if i need to totally remove mcafee or can i just leave it there. thanks!
2006-11-08 07:54:39 · 12 answers · asked by carol g 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
You need one firewall, one anti virus, and three different anti spyware programs.
Don't try to run two firewalls or two anti virus, it stops them both working properly.
So If your happy with Avast then uninstall MacAffee anti virus.
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2006-11-08 08:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 00:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I relatively have not tried avast particularly yet base on comments between unfastened anti virus courses, this is goood. i've got tried mcafee with my laptop until eventually now and it sucks! I have been given a load of viruses! It slows down your laptop and its all with reference to the money yet no longer the standard! while i offered my very cutting-edge laptop it cam with mcafee and that i attempted it for 2 weeks and not something's replaced with it so i uninstalled it and offered a lisenced version of kaspersky internet risk-free practices. besides, I nevertheless might desire Avast over mcafee..mcafee is trash!!!
2016-10-15 13:09:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had Norton for years and ran it religiously. I had some files in a partition on the hard drive that were constantly scanned by Norton repeatedly and the files were 3 years old, never found a thing. Installed Avast when subscription to Norton ran out and Avast scanned those same files one time and caught 3 different virii and several trojans, even after constant scanning by Norton.
2006-11-08 08:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by Rick S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have avast! you don't need McAfee as well. Although it does tend to slow things down somewhat, avast! has kept my computer virus free for the past two years. I also have ZoneAlarm for the firewall, Spybot Search and Destroy and a-squared Free to remove any spyware. I once tried AVG for three months but couldn't get on with it.
2006-11-08 08:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by plantaganet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please you can not run two antivirus program or you will have serious conflict with your system. You can run three or four antispyware programs without conflict.
perform as claimed And especially to see which one have embedded trojans/adware either in their program or in the wizard installer used to guide you through the installation.
What is rate as 1-2-3-4-5 is not always the best. Especially when you can find free programs that are light years ahead in technology over the purchased.
In my computer I use the following free programs.
For antivirus you can only use one or you will have serious conflict with your system. You can use three or four antispyware without any conflict.
Avast in my opinion is the very best. Have you Avast for nine plus years and never had one virus. They are out of Prague.
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2006-11-08 08:00:46 · answer #6 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All those small antivirus companies such as avast, avg, panda, etc are not really good at detecting new viruses. Symantec (the parent company of Norton antivirus and leader in virus research) has Symantec antivirus corporate edition, a small but powerful piece of software. it doesn't slow down your computer. is the best antivirus and many colleges and corporations use it to protect thousands of systems. you can probably get a free copy from a bit torrent website.
2006-11-08 08:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Bryan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a valid subscription for mcafee stick to it cos it is better than the free editions.
Avast is said to be good but it looks a bit cheap, I'd go for AVG which has just been updated.
If you want a paid security get f-secure.
2006-11-08 08:13:55 · answer #8 · answered by joe l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AVAST is fine by itself. It's best not to run two competing anti-virus programs at the same time, so go ahead and uninstall McAfee. AVAST will run fine on its own.
2006-11-08 08:01:48 · answer #9 · answered by Jolly 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would stick with the avast I use it and find it fantastic, dump the mcafee. i tried avg but I dont think it was nearly as good as avast
2006-11-08 13:59:43 · answer #10 · answered by D McC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋