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From: Twayne on 24 Mar 2010 10:19 In news:2eeb2d88-3586-4a33-ba66-599e34208e28(a)g10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, boy <boyboyds(a)yahoo.com> typed: > Hi, > > I am running AVG antivirus. I also have Windows Defender > with real- time protection. > > Do I need to disable WD's real-time protection to prevent > the conflict ....? > > Is it a rule that only one product should provide the > real-time protection....? > > > Thanks. No. The rule is to not have more than one of the SAME function program running at once. e.g. two AV programs doing realtime monitoring, etc.. They'll sometimes see each other's actions and storage and give a false report of a virus. HTH, Twayne`
From: Twayne on 24 Mar 2010 10:20 In news:eNi5iEvyKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Bruce Chambers <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> typed: > boy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am running AVG antivirus. I also have Windows Defender >> with real- time protection. >> >> Do I need to disable WD's real-time protection to prevent >> the conflict ....? >> > > > How could they (AVG and WD) possibly "conflict?" Duhhh, that's what you're being asked, dummy. They're > two completely different applications, serving two > different and completely separate functions. AVG is an > anti-virus application and Windows Defender is an > anti-adware/anti-spyware application. They don't overlap, > at all. And you do need both types of protection. (By the > way, WD isn't particularly great at its stated purpose; you > should consider replacing it with a better product, such as > Spybot Search & Destroy or MalwareBytes. > >> Is it a rule that only one product should provide the >> real-time protection....? >> >> > > That's generally true if you're using two of the same type > product, but that doesn't apply to the situation you've > described.
From: Shenan Stanley on 24 Mar 2010 11:22 boy wrote: > I am running AVG antivirus. I also have Windows Defender with real- > time protection. > > Do I need to disable WD's real-time protection to prevent the > conflict ....? > > Is it a rule that only one product should provide the real-time > protection....? Shenan Stanley wrote: > Protection against? > > Viruses (Virus, Trojans, Worms...) > Spyware/Adware... > > My suggestion... > > Avira AntiVir (free) or eSet NOD32 (AV only, not free) > plus > MalwareBytes (consistent scanning, removal; free) or MalwareBytes > (active protection, not free) Twayne wrote: > Too lazy to answer the OP's question or what? I answered it. Not everything has to be answered with "Yes" or "No". Sometimes, answering using basic logic clears things up much better. I chose to do that. How you choose to answer (usually preceeded by a snipe at someone else who answered and long after you read all the other answers and figured out how to phrase yours so it looks 'just different enough', methinks) is your thing. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: boy on 24 Mar 2010 11:23 Thanks a lot. This did explained it. And actually my WD get disabled often and I keep enabling it manually. Now I understand why. I should probably uninstall it completely. And I do have Spybot, MalwareBytes, A-Squared, WebRoot Sweeper, CCleaner and actually installed Windows Essentials yesterday but disabled the real-time protection, just use it for manual scanning. And they all FREEEEEEEEEE......! And your priceless advise is also FREEEEEEEE....! Thanks to you all.
From: Twayne on 24 Mar 2010 17:16
In news:O4J4iX2yKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, Shenan Stanley <newshelper(a)gmail.com> typed: > boy wrote: >> I am running AVG antivirus. I also have Windows Defender >> with real- time protection. >> >> Do I need to disable WD's real-time protection to prevent >> the conflict ....? >> >> Is it a rule that only one product should provide the >> real-time protection....? > > Shenan Stanley wrote: >> Protection against? >> >> Viruses (Virus, Trojans, Worms...) >> Spyware/Adware... >> >> My suggestion... >> >> Avira AntiVir (free) or eSet NOD32 (AV only, not free) >> plus >> MalwareBytes (consistent scanning, removal; free) or >> MalwareBytes (active protection, not free) > > Twayne wrote: >> Too lazy to answer the OP's question or what? > > I answered it. > > Not everything has to be answered with "Yes" or "No". > Sometimes, answering using basic logic clears things up > much better. I chose to do that. > How you choose to answer (usually preceeded by a snipe at > someone else who answered and long after you read all the > other answers and figured out how to phrase yours so it > looks 'just different enough', methinks) is your thing. ;-) > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP I calls 'em as I sees 'em. |