Hi All
I was wondering if Avast(resident) will work with AntiVir(resident protection turned off)?
I originally had NAV but I got rid of it using SymNRT. I then got Avast and AVG with AVG resident protection turned off. I got rid of AVG in favor of AntiVirâs higher detection rate of trojans. I really like Avastâs resident protection but I also like Antivirâs high detection rate. With Antivir when I installed I didnât let it install itâs guard(resident protection). I also went to msconfig and services and got rid of âAntiVir Serviceâ and âAntiVir Update.â
do you think that, like this, these to programs can peacefully cohabitate? ???
Iâve had avast! and AntiVir working together with no problem. (Antivir on-access scanning turned off, like you say.) Havenât tried the new beta 7 version with avast!, though.
It isnât just a case of disabling avasts resident scanner, both programs create registry keys which may conflict, disabling the resident protection wonât unload services that are running. You have to cripple avast to turn it into an on-demand scanner, this wasnât how it was designed to give you protection in depth.
There are other on-demand scanners that you can use to back-up avast.
Wolverine, avast does not work well as a backup (second, non-resident) scanner⌠too much trouble and incompatibility.
I give up on AntiVir testing. Even disabling all services, nothing automatically running at startupâŚ
A conflict will be with it (version 7 Beta) and avast. So, bye bye AntiVir
Ok then, I got rid of AntiVir :-[ and got Ewido Anti-Malware and was wondering if that was good at Trojan Horse detections because although Avast is good at virus detection (like 93%) it seriously lacks in trojan detections (like 70-73%). Thanks guys you have all responded very quickly and helpfully.
That is what Ewidoâs specialty was/is Trojan detection/removal it has only recently changed the name to ewido anti-malware, perhaps to take it out of what was assumed a niche market.
There are many forum members using ewido in conjunction with avast.
Unless you intend to purchase it then the guard function would be disabled anyway at the end of the trial period, so not much point otherwise.
When you install the trial version you get full unrestricted trial use, which usually includes the resident guard (unless you have done a custom install). After the 14 day trial this is disabled, so no real problem.
Ok then I wonât reinstall but when I first installed it I went into msconfig and in systems shutdown Ewido Security Suite Control, should I reactivate that, Iâd rather not have it in memory if I donât have too.
I assume you mean Services in msconfig not system?
There are two elements to the Security Suite, one the ewido program GUI for on-demand use. The other is the Ewido Security Suite Control - Service, I assume this is what you disabled in msconfig, services.
I to have disabled this in Administrator Services, Services (set to manual start) and I use a shortcut to a batch file to start the security suite service (and the program interface) this when it is needed.
The service as far as I can tell is only required when you do the signature updates, other wise itâs not required for an on-demand scan though Iâm not sure but I guess it doesnât hurt to start the service, update signatures followed by a scan.
David, when are the services needed?
I mean, I set the Services to manual and when I start the program it starts the services (apparently)⌠I do not have to make âextrasâ shortcuts⌠:
The program starts fine without the service running and starting the program doesnât start the service.
Try doing an update when the service isnât running, I get error updating if the services isnât running prior to doing an update.
Edit:
Tested again tried update without service running, update appears to complete but the status bar information reports the ewidoctrl.exe is needed.
However, it would appear that the update download did complete with success as the status show the last updated as today. So it may well just be a throw back to the service being required in the trial for the resident guard function, which isnât present in the free version.
I like to run avast as my guard, but I have antivir on my system too.
With antivir Iâve never used the guard, but it seems antivir starts up something.
So I disabled antivir with msconfig AND services.msc, well anything named antivirâŚ
Still avast complains at startup that antivir is running! So anything that I can do? Other services that belong to antivir (and have not the name antivir in it?), registry keys I have to delete?
It doesnât appear to have any adverse effect by not having the Ewido Control Center service running other than getting the message that it isnât running after an update. Personally I canât see a reason to have it running when I donât have any resident elements of ewido in the free version. It is easy to start just before I open ewido to update (weekly) followed by a scan. It is equally easy to stop after the scan but I usually leave it as it wonât run when I next boot.
Iâm not that familiar with the inner workings of ewido so I canât say for sure, but from personal experience it doesnât seem to be a problem if it isnât running in the free version. Perhaps a check of ewidoâs site to see if there is a forum or FAQs that might help/confirm.
