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KerplunKuK wrote:
> Would it hurt to runs both at the same time?

I would agree with Mike Lees posting because AV programs are not
designed to run with other AV programs simultaneously. If you read the
directions on any AV program you will not find that recommended at all.
I have two anti-trojan programs but I never run them at the same
time - always separately.

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"Netuser 58" <kedesh.TakeThisOut@netlimit.com> wrote in message
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> KerplunKuK wrote:
> > Would it hurt to runs both at the same time?
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> I would agree with Mike Lees posting because AV programs are not
> designed to run with other AV programs simultaneously. If you read the
> directions on any AV program you will not find that recommended at all.
> I have two anti-trojan programs but I never run them at the same
> time - always separately.
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I guess it depends on your definition of having the programs running at the
same time. With AV programs, most of them have the protection running at all
times in the background, so by having them installed at the same time,
they're in effect running at the same time.

The spyware programs are a different story, unless they both happen to have
real-time protection. Otherwise, they're only active when you set them to
scan.

That said, I have on occasion run some of the programs scanning
simultaneously and have not had any ill effects.
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D.Currie wrote:
> "Netuser 58" <kedesh DeleteThis @netlimit.com> wrote in message
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>>KerplunKuK wrote:
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>>>Would it hurt to runs both at the same time?
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>> I would agree with Mike Lees posting because AV programs are not
>>designed to run with other AV programs simultaneously. If you read the
>>directions on any AV program you will not find that recommended at all.
>> I have two anti-trojan programs but I never run them at the same
>>time - always separately.
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> I guess it depends on your definition of having the programs running at the
> same time. With AV programs, most of them have the protection running at all
> times in the background, so by having them installed at the same time,
> they're in effect running at the same time.

Yes, unless one of them is disabled in the startup list. I did that
once with McAfee when v5 was no longer supported, to try one or two
other AV programs as a replacement. I removed McAfee when I decided on
the new AV program. I didn't take the new Mcafee(v7) because I didn't
want its firewall. I was happy with the one I had.

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> The spyware programs are a different story, unless they both happen to have
> real-time protection. Otherwise, they're only active when you set them to
> scan.

Those may be designed to work with AV programs, but I still run each
separate. The ones I have can be active at all times if I choose it, but
I don't see the need for it that way.
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> That said, I have on occasion run some of the programs scanning
> simultaneously and have not had any ill effects.












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