Noob question here.... Is it okay to install 2 kinds of anti virus in a PC?

[Generals]

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not advisable bro. you might encounter unknown conflicts..

also these softwares are usually designed to be run alone.

[Generals]

Or you can try prevx1, an all in one KUNO solution. Does the job of antivirus, antispyware and firewall. Will protect against zero day attacks. I'm testing it, it seems to be so far so good.

That's right, strange name, prevx1.

does it slow down your PC?

[dubioz]

Nothing noticeable on my setup. Pentium D 2.66Ghz with 1GB RAM. Other security software on it is Spyware Doctor 4.0, avast! antivirus, the useless Windows Defender, and PeerGuardian.

does it slow down your PC?

[Generals]

good. kapoy nang muhinay imo pc.

[dubioz]

I tried to install PCTools Antivirus together with avast! and I got....

THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

Moral of the story: You must install only the one.

[Generals]

I tried to install PCTools Antivirus together with avast! and I got....

THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

Moral of the story: You must install only the one.

hehe Blue screen ang pinaka samok!

[sassy_jihye]

yeah... i've tried this before.. i have an anti-virus from my internet provider and then i bought a norton and installed it. and kaboom... it really messed up some of my programs so i uninstalled norton and luckily, it went back to normal. then, my friend told me that 2 anti virus softwares can't work together, you should only have one...

[Generals]

may gani ni balik og normal. what is the other anti-virus?

[insect111]

OK ra sad ni nga combination bro, walay conflict: Avast Home Edition, Free ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall, LavaSoft Ad-Aware nga Free,


insect111

[dubioz]

My free recommendation for 32 bit:

avast! antivirus, COMODO firewall (nicer than ZoneAlarm), Lavasoft Ad-aware (SpyBot is nice but not as user friendly)

For 64 bit

avast! antivirus, for firewall type run PeerGuardian with the Windows Firewall, Lavasoft Ad aware 2007 BETA
or spend money for Kaspersky now.