Running 4 at once?

[Tifa's Real Lover(really]

is having more than one virus protection good for a computer? my friend uses 3

ad adaware and spybot

i told her to use avg, now shes complaining avg is crashing her computer and stopping the other 2 anti viruses from running

is there an explanation out there?

[crono_logical]

more than 1 is stupid, it slows your computer down needlessly, plus as your friend can see, they start to interfere with each other One decent one on it's own is best if you must run antivirus

Last time I checked though, Spybot and AdAware are not antivirus, they're antimalware

[Rostum]

Some anti-virus won't even install unless you uninstall the existing one. But yeah, crono_logical said it; Ad-Aware and SpyBot aren't anti-virus programs.

[Nominus Experse]

Just uninstall all the others you have and use AVG and Spybot and tell your friend to shut up

[Jessweeee♪]

I just use AVG and some firefox add-ons

[Peegee]

more than 1 is stupid, it slows your computer down needlessly, plus as your friend can see, they start to interfere with each other One decent one on it's own is best if you must run antivirus

Last time I checked though, Spybot and AdAware are not antivirus, they're antimalware

I have clamwin and avg running simultaneously. I agree I'm wasting cycles but neither program is that intrusive as to cause a noticeable lag.

I think I keep clamwin for its tendency not to get compromised by viruses -- every time I actually have to clean somebody's computer, clamwin installs without problem and have saved me(us). It deserves to sit on my computer.

I'm a dork.