More than one antivirus on a system

[afsar]

Hello Sir/Madam,

Is it possible that we can install the two antirus on a single O.S.
Ex:AVG & Norton or Norton & Mcafee.

Thanking you.

[Broni]

No, unless you're waiting for a conflict.

[tommy gusack]

Its possible, everything is possible,

[Broni]

Its possible, everything is possible,

Please, do NOT post anything (I'm sorry) stupid.

[patio]

Broni is correct...more than one A/V program and they will bang heads and create conflicts as they are both fighting to do the same thing. Some AV programs have even been known to report another AV as a threat.

However there is more to this than meets the eye. There are different forms of threats out there that need to be addressed with different protection applications. There is no one program that will do it all. That being said  here is a rundown.

Anti-Virus
Avast
AVG
Select only one...

Spyware
Spybot Search and Destroy

Adware
AdAware

Trojan and Anti Malware
AVG Anti-Spyware
aSquared
Select only one.

And last but not least there are some online scanners you can always run as well:
Online Scanners.

All the above listed are FREE.
Select one from each category and DLoad and install them.
Remember to update and scan regularly...just having them installed will NOT protect you.

[Broni]

There is no one program that will do it all.

Just to expand this...
While running ONE default antivirus, and it detects something, or it doesn't detect anything, but you feel, there is something wrong with your computer, there are plenty, free, on-line scans, which should be used as crossrefrence.

[patio]

Look Up...

[Broni]

Oooops....

[trickynhoy]

broni is right! different A/V has different capability. some A/V cannot detect a virus but other A/V can do.
it is quite good if we scan using different A/V one at a time.

[CBMatt]

Its possible, everything is possible,

I'll never understand why you're still allowed to post.