Also depends on whether you are using the free versions of Avira and Spyware Doctor. The paid versions work much differently. The Avira paid version has a good version of Spyware on its own, but that may conflict with other Spyware, as we have seen many times on desktops in our shop.
The free versions do not appear to conflict. ________ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. . . . . . . . . . Will Rogers On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Aryeh Goretsky (home) <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Running multiple security programs with resident (on-access) scanning > components > can cause problems, however, I do not know if that applies to the > particular > combination of Avira AntiVir and PC Tools Spyware Doctor. You could try > uninstalling one or both of them and see if this causes any change in the > behavior. > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > > At 08:51 PM 2/10/2009, you wrote: > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:10:21 -0800 (PST) > >From: Laurence Spiegel <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Troubleshooting BSODs > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > >Re: Troubleshooting BSODs -- response below. > > > >Message: 2 > >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:39:21 -0800 (PST) > >From: Laurence Spiegel <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] Do anti-malware and antivirus programs conflict if > > run concurrently? > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > >Do anti-malware and antivirus programs conflict if run concurrently? > >(Diagnosing crashes on a Thinkpad). > >? > >I'm currently running Avira Antivir, and recently intalled Spyware > >Doctor (the Google download). While they ostensibly look for > >different issues, they both monitor and block activity on the > >machine. Could they be conflicting? Other than a hardware firewall, > >is there a better anti-malware solution?? > >? > >--- LS > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
