must uninstall other av's for ez antivirus?

ar@x, 11/6/2005,10:07:55 AM, wrote:

> when the system is booting up, there may be a conflict
> of interest between the different systems - who takes
> over the reigns first. (I have had my system lock up at boot-up time

How is this possible if one of the programs is not resident or running
as a service?
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badgolferman wrote:
> ar@x, 11/6/2005,10:07:55 AM, wrote:
>
>> when the system is booting up, there may be a conflict
>> of interest between the different systems - who takes
>> over the reigns first. (I have had my system lock up at boot-up
>> time
>
> How is this possible if one of the programs is not resident or
> running as a service?

Yes, you are right. If one of them is in passive mode,
the conflict cannot arise.
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ar@x wrote:
> badgolferman wrote:
>
>>ar@x, 11/6/2005,10:07:55 AM, wrote:
>>
>>
>>>when the system is booting up, there may be a conflict
>>>of interest between the different systems - who takes
>>>over the reigns first. (I have had my system lock up at boot-up
>>>time
>>
>>How is this possible if one of the programs is not resident or
>>running as a service?
>
>
> Yes, you are right. If one of them is in passive mode,
> the conflict cannot arise.
>
>

But the eTrust web site said to "uninstall" other
av apps--not just to disable the resident portion,
and that seems unwarranted to me. I've already settled
on one program to leave resident, so resident conflicts
don't apply.

I've decided to do without EZ Antivirus for now,
because not having any other avs for even on-demand
scanning seems unwise to me.
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"Sumo Wrestler [or just ate too much]" <noemail RemoveThis @microsoft.invalid> wrote in
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> ar@x wrote:
> > badgolferman wrote:
> >
> >>ar@x, 11/6/2005,10:07:55 AM, wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>when the system is booting up, there may be a conflict
> >>>of interest between the different systems - who takes
> >>>over the reigns first. (I have had my system lock up at boot-up
> >>>time
> >>
> >>How is this possible if one of the programs is not resident or
> >>running as a service?
> >
> >
> > Yes, you are right. If one of them is in passive mode,
> > the conflict cannot arise.
> >
> >
>
> But the eTrust web site said to "uninstall" other
> av apps--not just to disable the resident portion,
> and that seems unwarranted to me. I've already settled
> on one program to leave resident, so resident conflicts
> don't apply.
>
> I've decided to do without EZ Antivirus for now,
> because not having any other avs for even on-demand
> scanning seems unwise to me.

I installed multiple AVs in the early days of XP. One would not install if
another was present. To get round this I exported the Software key from the
registry, then deleted that key. That enabled the particular AV to install,
then I remerged the exported key and both AVs worked ok.

The problem with two interacting with each other is that most of these
Windows on-access scanners set themselves to do a whole lot more than you're
given the choice of, either during installation, or after via the GUI. As an
example, if you install multiple AVs in an NT-based system, though you only
have one appearing to run real time, look in the Services list and you'll
probably find every single AV has installed various Services, all of which
start automatically with Windows.

For testing this may be worth it, but for multiple scanners you'd be better
off with a variety of purely on-demand scanners, such as those recommended
by Art Kopp and David Lipman on these groups. There are many. Or experiment.


Shane
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Software key for the installed AV, not for the entire registry!

Shane
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What's in a Name? wrote:
> Sumo Wrestler [or just ate too much] wrote:
>
>
>>The site for EZ Antivirus Free Trial says that I
>>should uninstall another other av products before
>>installing eTrust EZ Antivirus.
>>
>
> I have run both AVG and EZ at the same time just to see what happens. I
> had no problems. EZ would be a better choice than avast or AVG in my
> opinion. David Lipman has put together a good utility for backup
> scanning,you should check it out(I have a link on my site).
> -max
>

Thanks What's in a name, badgolferman, ar@x, and
Shane for all of your info and comments.
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Sumo Wrestler [or just ate too much] wrote:
> ar@x wrote:
>> badgolferman wrote:
>>> ar@x, 11/6/2005,10:07:55 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> when the system is booting up, there may be a conflict
>>>> of interest between the different systems - who takes
>>>> over the reigns first. (I have had my system lock up at boot-up
>>>> time
>>>
>>> How is this possible if one of the programs is not resident or
>>> running as a service?
>>
>> Yes, you are right. If one of them is in passive mode,
>> the conflict cannot arise.
>
> But the eTrust web site said to "uninstall" other
> av apps--not just to disable the resident portion,

that's because they think their customers are morons, and rather than
give them complicated advice that those customers may not be able to
follow, they give them simple easy to follow instructions like
'uninstall'...

they have a point, too... while telling people to uninstall should pose
no technical difficulty for the customer (uninstall is done the same way
for all things), disabling the resident portion is different for each
and every product and they can't realistically instruct the customer on
the proper disabling method for each and every other av product the
customer may have...

--
"they threw a rope around yer neck to watch you dance the jig of death
then left ya for the starvin' crows, hoverin' like hungry whores
one flew down plucked out yer eye, the other he had in his sights
ya snarled at him, said leave me be - i need the bugger so i can see"
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