avast/avira

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@jpmartin post:19

ooopppss forgot to mention that avira support are not that good. Can’t even compare to avast ;D ;D

Avira support is awful and that’s why I chose avast!

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@.: L' arc :. post:17

@icecube1010 post:16

@scythe944 post:5

Basically, the problem is that you should NEVER have two A/V programs installed at once. It’s up to your personal preference as to which one that is, but only install one.

I prefer Avast, hence why I am here. If you like Avira better, that’s fine too. Just be sure that there is only one installed (not just RUNNING, I mean installed!).

Actually, you can have both installed, just have Avast as realtime and install Avira without the realtime module (custom install). This way you have the best of both worlds. I prefer Avast realtime detection over Avira because of the fewer FP’s. But if I download something off the net, I scan it with Avast and then with Avira. If one comes up with a detection, then it’s off to VirusTotal. ;D

Ice

You can really have both installed. But you can’t change the fact that conflict will always occur since avira is not absolute on-demand since it scans all read/written files, same thing for avast which is an on-access, does the same job as it is. So, with both of them having read/write scan, conflict is very probable.

Hi

If you install Avira with a custom install, don’t select Avira Guard or Rootkit detection. Just install the shell extention. This will only give you ON-Demand capabilities. It will not scan files on read/write in realtime. I have been using Avast/Avira like this for over a year and have not had a single conflict. They work great together! But as I said in my previous post, I prefer Avast for the realtime stuff.

Ice

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avira on-demand scans are very good, if you setting on expert mode. I has been setting like that is blocking malwares when it detected on the internet. Sometimes is block you from getting into the sites and notify that. That’s why i like this setting better, if not they detected and ask you what sould you do with it…

Did you said that you using avast + avira at the sametime?
I wouldn’t do that if i were you.