While I am slowly learning avast!, I have AVG Anti-virus (free version) and Webroot SpySweeper running concurrently. All 3 together are consuming tooo much of my system resources. It is my understanding that the only benefit from running AVG continually is a real-time virus check of in/out email. If so and if avast! adequately checks in/out email then I could run AVG manually only when I want a system check. Webroot SpySweeper for MSN has several “shields” which alert me to suspicious changes (Favorites, IE Home Page, spyware install, tracking cookies, start-up programs, etc.) and supposedly arrests them (in real-time) pending approval. If avast! provides similar protection, then I could also run SpySweeper manually. If If If. What real-time monitoring/protection does avast! provide? Can I shut down AVG and/or SpySweeper? Am I wasting system resources on real-time over-kill. Please help me recover resources.
Not only… you’ll get trouble with avast! and AVG together if you not uninstall one of the resident providers.
Sooner or later, you’ll get your system messed.
You can use AVG + SpySweeper (if it has a antispyware resident monitor)
or avast! and SpySweeper.
Antivirus. NetShield. WebShield (more effective as the virus can’t be saved in the HDD).
AVG could only be installed WITHOUT any resident.
The email scanner will avoid scanning and you’ll get a conflict with avast.
avast! also features email scanner which is imo far better than the one in AVG (including far better heuristics in this area). It’s even available for both standard POP3 and even MS Outlook client (the one in Office package).
Hi,
You must have one ( On-Access Scanner )
I’m using avast! home edition + Outpost Firewall …
it’s much powerfull …