At 05:11 PM 20/02/2009, Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Veech wrote:
Is there any harm in running more than one AV program at the same
time? I have three programs installed, AVG 8.0, Spy-Bot and
Malwarebyte. They each take about 45 mins to 1 hr to
run. Sometimes I'll run 2 of them overnight at the same time. Is
there any way that doing this will cause either one to miss
something? Could I possibly run all 3 at the same time?
Running something like Spy Bot or Malwarebytes at the same time as
an Antivirus scan is unnessary.
Think about it: Your AV program has an "on access" scanner.
When you scan your computer for Malware using Malwarebytes, it's
opening up each file and looking at it for malware.
Before the AV program lets Malwarebytes look at the program it scans
it, and if it's detected as a virus you will get a notification.
I disagree. Running Malwarebytes gives you a double check.
1)Malwarebytes attempts to open the file, your AV checks it.
2)If the AV finds nothing (and since you're running AVG, that's very
likely) Malwarebytes will scan it.
So it's a double check, and frankly, with AVG, you need it.
T
