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Avira or MSE?

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  • fiddiwebb
    fiddiwebb Posts: 1,806 Forumite
    edited 8 March 2010 at 3:23PM
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    I'd recommend running AVG and McAfee together....make a great combination :j

    ;)
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,098 Forumite
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    elle45 wrote: »
    Sorry I even brought it up!!!:mad:

    No need to be sorry at all. But you do need to get rid of one of your AV's, all the advice given is sound.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • fiddiwebb
    fiddiwebb Posts: 1,806 Forumite
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    macman wrote: »
    No need to be sorry at all. But you do need to get rid of one of your AV's, all the advice given is sound.

    Well if you run my proposed two you will get no sound, in fact you probably get no picture as well......why has my screen gone wibbly wobbly :eek:
  • roddydogs
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    Surely its only a problem if you actively run scans at the same time? (Having more than 1 av)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    roddydogs wrote: »
    Surely its only a problem if you actively run scans at the same time? (Having more than 1 av)

    2 programs are effectively scanning 'on the fly' if using any of the free avs in default mode (Avast, Avira, AVG and MSE)
    Then theres the fact many programs can conflict even without scanning

    In really bad (Or should I say unlucky) cases you can even end up with an unbootable computer (usually firewalls though)
    :idea:
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,478 Forumite
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    But MSE only scans at the "Set" time, surely?
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,576 Forumite
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    roddydogs wrote: »
    But MSE only scans at the "Set" time, surely?
    No, like most antivirus software it has real-time scanning, checking each file you open to ensure there are no viruses in it. If you have two antiviruses trying to do that at the same time it is a recipe for disaster
    poppy10
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