Two AV Progs OK?

paullewis323 · 1 Jun 2012 at 20:10

Hi guys

I have Microsoft Securty Essentials installed on my Win7 Home Premium

Is it OK to have Bullguard Internet Security installed at the same time?

Lew

PistolPete · 1 Jun 2012 at 20:20

Why bother? If you dont trust one enough then pull it from your machine.

The interesting thing could be if both find a virus and they both try and deal with it at the same time.

BigBoy · 1 Jun 2012 at 21:17

Short answer is:- NO

Long answer is :- Dont be so silly!! If you feel you need two Antviri programs then please step away from the computer and turn it off at the wall!!! Oh and never turn it on again...... here take this calculator and walk away!

brucey034 · 1 Jun 2012 at 21:45

It is well known that 2 av's can conflict with each other.
pick the av you like best and then install malwarebytes, superantispyware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Sirrel Squirrel · 1 Jun 2012 at 21:52

I find Security Essentials plus Malware Bytes does to job just fine.

As said above, two AV programs will conflict with each other and seriously hamper the performance of your PC.

j.col · 1 Jun 2012 at 21:56

Noooooo!

Sirrel Squirrel said:
I find Security Essentials plus Malware Bytes does to job just fine.

same here

j6m · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:29

brucey034 said:
It is well known that 2 av's can conflict with each other.

To elaborate: they allegedly have a tendency to treat each others' virus vaults as though they were active infections.

TheVoice · 2 Jun 2012 at 10:26

No, there's no need to have two.

KIA · 2 Jun 2012 at 16:26

TheVoice said:
No, there's no need to have two.

Keep MSSE. Ditch the other thing.

kipslacher · 2 Jun 2012 at 17:19

Let me answer this the correct way.

Yes!! 2 AV's are ok as long as one is on demand and the other is active.

wesley · 2 Jun 2012 at 17:56

yeah all answers here are silly. its recommended to use at least 4 AV's to be 100% safe

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Jun 2012 at 18:08

wesley said:
yeah all answers here are silly. its recommended to use at least 4 AV's to be 100% safe

That's like wearing 4 condoms. Nothing is safe.

j6m · 2 Jun 2012 at 20:05

mrbell1984 said:
Nothing is safe.

One thing is safe - the off switch.

AMG · 4 Jun 2012 at 17:57

I ve got two Eset and malwarebytes

Deleted member 77746 · 4 Jun 2012 at 18:56

j6m said:
One thing is safe - the off switch.

The only way my friend, the only way....