Hi folks
new to the forum
Just heard about Avast on a tv program and would like to give it a try.
I use AVG free edition at the moment and wondered if I need to uninstall this first or if they can happily(?) run together!
Thanks
Steve
Welcome!
You’ll need to uninstall AVG because two anti-virus programs both with on-access scanning will conflict. (I.e., when you open the file, both programs will fight over which one is going to check it.)
Cheers for that. I`ll give it a try.
Steve
I have jsut moved from AVG to Avast (after readingmany reviews and comparisons). I simply unistalled AVG (then ran a reg cleaner); and installed Avast. All seems to be working fine.
Yes, a simple uninstall is enough with AVG. Other AV’s may leave stuff behind which prevents avast! from functioning correctly. Usually NAV.
Welcome to the forums.
A registry cleaner is very helpful for the remnants of an uninstall.
Yep!! I went from AVG (had it for a few years) to Avast 4 Home, and IMHO it is a vastly superior Ant-Virus program.
I just uninstalled AVG normally and installed Avast, the only problem i had was the -email scanner, but that was my own stupidity with tinkering around with the ports. 
soon as i set them back to default, everything was O.K.
Gasman, you can use AVG as a non-resident, second scanner, without ANY of the residents. No conflicts with avast this way.
FreewheelinFrank, AVG lefts tons of Registry keys behind, lots of Legacy keys 
Fortunatelly, no one blocks avast! installation.
Linuts, no doubt about avast! superiority… I’ve used AVG in the past…