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Is Mcafee compatable with AVG?

urban_fox
urban_fox Posts: 89 Forumite
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Hi,
Just purchased Mcafee Security Suite 2006 and have installed it on my PC. At present, I also have AVG free edition installed and am running Windows XP SP2.Can I have them side by side or will I have to disable AVG? One of my concerns is that there will be a systems drag. Also Win XP comes with a Firewall pre-installed.

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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    If you have purchased and installed Mcafee Security Suite, uninstall AVG and switch off the Windoze firewall.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • urban_fox
    urban_fox Posts: 89 Forumite
    I;ve been able to disable windows firewall but when I try uninstalling AVG I get the message "INSTALLATION FAILED!"
  • fox2319
    fox2319 Posts: 978 Forumite
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    The McAfee installation may have mucked about with the AVG. Restart in safe mode then try to uninstall AVG there.

    HTH

    Jeff
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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    urban_fox wrote:
    I;ve been able to disable windows firewall but when I try uninstalling AVG I get the message "INSTALLATION FAILED!"

    RegCleaner should uninstall it for you.

    ;)
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • skiddy2k
    skiddy2k Posts: 1,627 Forumite
    You can keep AVG if you want, but you have to configure both the AVs... (add both of them to eachother's trusted zone for fileAV)... or else, KABOOMMMM!... (crash, unstable, majorly slow PC)
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