yo im thinking of getting Avast now
however, i still have a running Mcafee system running.
the security index displays security and antivirus on low because i cant update it until the admin returns in a month or so.
so I was wonding will Avast conflict with McAfee when it runs?
2007-11-14 06:41:16 · 7 answers · asked by Orange Peel 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
If you are the Administrator of your computer you have the authority to do as you wish. If not, then you must leave the system as is.
Yes, any time you run two antivirus or install two antivirus programs you are going to have serious conflict with your system.
Mcafee, is not free, but Avast is far superior in detecting viruses.
If you decide to change, remove Mcafee, reboot, then go to start, run and type in: c://program files, browse and open program files and see if the Mcafee file is still in your pc. If so delete the entire file. Then type in search: McAfee and see if your pc finds any hidden files. If so delete them also.
Then install Avast if that is what you want.
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Minddoctor, France
2007-11-14 07:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-25 17:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Debra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any antivirus will conflict with another antivirus and will cause neither to work properly. If you are going to install a different solution then you MUST completely uninstall the other and reboot before installing the other.
Why you would want to go from a reliable vendor that you've paid for to a freeware solution is beyond me but it's up to you.
However, if you are not the admin, then clearly it is NOT up to you and you have no business even considering removing or installing anything on that computer.
Good Luck
2007-11-14 06:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...pretty much everything is going to conflict with mcafee, but for the most part, no. I have a mandatory copy of mcafee on my pc at work and run it with avast AND avg, so you should have no problems
2007-11-14 06:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by acidzfire 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-24 05:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be interesting. I would say yes it does. But I never tried it. Might really really slow down your computer.
2007-11-14 06:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by Jonny 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Big time confliction
wdw
2007-11-14 06:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by Who Dares Wins 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋