Can I use all 4 of these in my computer?

Question

My laptop's new. Can i install avg antivirus, spybot search and destroy, adaware free edition and pctools firewall, all at the same time? By the information I got from this site, this is ths best. Will all 4 not cancel each other? thnx for the info

Answer 1

Yes, you can use them all. You can have as many anti-spyware (i.e. adaware, spybot, hijack this) as you want, but only one antivirus (avg, norton, mcaffe) and only one firewall.

Answer 2

yes if you want to slow your computer down to a snails pace... 10 minutes to boot up,, 10 minutes to log on to the net,, slow accessing everything fine go ahead...

I have never installed a anti virus program in my life.
why? because I know how to use a computer, and know what to do and how to avoid getting viruses.

95% of viruses comes through e-mails.
5% of viruses come from downloading from unknown websites
what do I do to stop a virus attack
(1) never download e-mail onto your computer
(2) never use MS Internet Explorer
(3) never open attachments in emails
(4) use only a secure web browser like Fire Fox
(5) never click on anything within a website
(6) clear all cookies. history, and private details
(7) never download from unknown web sites
(8) never visit dodgy websites(sex, gambling games or unknown)

These are just a few point that help MS Windows users to stay free of viruses, spy ware, and adware,,, and at the same time save paying for software they don't need.

by the way I am a Linux user always safe never sorry and my money stays in my pocket ;>)

Answer 3

Those 4 will not cause any conflicts.

However, you could do yourself a favor and use a GOOD anti-virus instead of AVG.

Mostly noobs, the naive, the computer illiterate, and children use AVG Free. These types love AVG because they say it is easy to use and almost never bothers them with any pop-ups or warnings. Of course AVG Free never bothers them, it hardly ever finds any virus to warn them about!

In test,
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
after test,
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
after test,
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/gr/avgfree.htm
after test ,
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=891307&postcount=1,
after test,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130869-page,1/article.html,
after test,
http://techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm#Section_0
etc. etc. etc, ad nauseam, AVG free fares poorly.

AVG has proven itself to be a miserable performer at best. Missing almost 20%, while trying to detect known malware, in some tests. Not to mention almost non-existent heuristic detection and infrequent "once-a day" updates.

AVG. = Average, at best!

There are much better free alternatives such as Avria Anti-Vir:
http://www.free-av.com/
and Active Virus Shield:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

Answer 4

Yes you can.

Where is your active spyware protection? Spybot Search and Destroy,ans Ad-Aware SE Persona is not full time spyware protection

I believe you need all the items below.
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In addition to a firewall you must have full time (active) virus protection and full time spyware protection.

All the following programs are free.
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Full Time (Active) Virus Protection
If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent.
Try AVG first.

AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
or
AOL Active Virus Shield (powered by Kaspersky)
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp
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Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection

Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection.

Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper
After installation: update + scan + immunize
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/

CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history
In options.
Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
http://www.ccleaner.com/
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McAfee Site Advisor: Internet Explorer and Firefox
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
Indicates if a site is unsafe and can link to a page to explain why it is unsafe.

Answer 5

Yeah. Shouldn't be a problem.

Its probably best to have more than one tool because sometimes there will be problems one program will miss, but another will notice.

Answer 6

I agree

Answer 7

they should all work fine.