i love AVG antivirus. it works good. But i heard that Avast works even better. So i just downloaded Avast. so now i have both avg and avast. is that bad for my computer? will it crash or cause damage?
if so, which one do you prefer i keep.
2007-07-04 16:37:50 · 9 answers · asked by ilovemyPet 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I been using 2 for a year now. and i have no problem.
avast is better though, its always on the job.
while avg just "sits" there so to speak. while virus tear your pc down. Avast has better reviews then avg.
good side on avg, is that its always updating itsself for you.
but you should uninstall avg and keep avast..
download windows defender also..great
2007-07-04 17:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by mcfly 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is not wise to have two antivirus in the same computer i recommend you to stay with AVG and go for two antispyware spybot search and destroy and ad-awre 2007 both free and secure. If you want extra protection go for avg antirootkit(dont work in vista) is also free and spyware blaster. Also try ccleaner as regitry fixr and advance windowscare2 personal edition all this sftwaes are free at download.com
2007-07-04 23:48:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is likely that at some point there will be a conflict, and in the mean time, running both will cause serious slowdowns for your computer. Both are good, avast has slightly better detection ratings, but its close enough that your personal preference is most important to which one you keep.
2007-07-04 23:41:34 · answer #3 · answered by acaykath 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Never have more than one antivirus at a time on the pc It does cause problems
2007-07-04 23:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by davidalee2007 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
id suggest removing one of them they will eventually conflict with each other and you will end up having to delete them first,all any pc needs is avg,adaware,spybot and a good firewall and you will never have any problems,all these you can get for free at www.download.com i use limewire ant utorrent all the time and never have any issues.
2007-07-04 23:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
2 A-Vs at once is always a bad idea.
Dump the POS AVG and keep Avast.
AVG is crap!
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,
after test,
http://winnow.oitc.com/AntiVirusPerformance.html
etc. etc. etc, ad nauseam, AVG 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!
2007-07-04 23:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can have them both, but only use one active at a time
2007-07-05 01:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by Harrison H 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
have so much for what!? u want "keep it to cook soup"!?
one already enough
did my answer wrong?!, i thing ur question is wrong! software used to run application, not to love only!
2007-07-04 23:56:40 · answer #8 · answered by ti sen 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes. I use avast
2007-07-04 23:40:57 · answer #9 · answered by Dfire 3 · 1⤊ 7⤋