Avira or MSE?

fiddiwebb

I'd recommend running AVG and McAfee together....make a great combination :j

macman

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.

fiddiwebb

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

Surely its only a problem if you actively run scans at the same time? (Having more than 1 av)

aliEnRIK

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)

roddydogs

But MSE only scans at the "Set" time, surely?

poppy10_2

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