anti virus selection

[vamantel]

if i run an anti virus software, malwarebytes and a spyware removal such as norton eraser at the same time, wont it make ma computer slow...??... because free anti virus softwares alone cant do al these things ryt??

 

[i7Baby]

I find Aavast (free version) good - doesn't slow anything down. Along with Windows Defender.

Also a lot of people say Malwarebytes is good.

I don't think Norton's would allow Avast to work at the same time.

 

[prit87]

yes i too use avast free version for about 3 years now i have not encountered any virus related issue since....another good antivirus would be Kaspersky.....and dont youse 2 antivirus software at the same time it will slow down your pc...

 

[casper1973]

Malwarebytes (the free version) and Norton Eraser are both On Demand scanners. This means they do absolutely nothing until you manually open the program and start a scan. So no, they won't slow anything down unless you are currently running a scan.

They are both perfectly fine to run alongside any antivirus program. In fact Malwarebytes is highly recommended as a means of supplementing your protection. I recommend most people to run a Malwarebytes scan once per week just to check for anything their main Antivirus may have missed.

Slow downs and conflict issues start to occur when you have more than one antivirus program using Real-time protection (sometimes referred to as on-access scanning). Someone above mentioned using Avast! + Windows Defender which actually breaks this rule unless they have disabled real-time scanning in Windows Defender 😉


I agree with other posters that Avast! is one of the best free antivirus available. I also like BitDefender free but the interface is very limited.

As for paid Antivirus - I'm a fan of Kaspersky and despise McAfee. Not keen on Norton either.

 

[i7Baby]

The reason I went to Avast was that on my previous (LG775) PC Norton's was killing my PC performance. So far, so good. Microsoft Essentials is supposed to be pretty good too.

 

[casper1973]

Yeah Norton used to have a huge impact on performance a few years back. It's improved a lot since then but I'm still not a fan.

 

[vamantel]

i already ve mcafee which expires today.. i ve downloaded avira.. wen i try to install avira, it gives incompatibility error saying mcafe maybe blocking it, pls uninstall mcafee then it might work.. but at d same time it says, ur computer remains unprotected while installing avira.. wa t do i do??... wont it b unsafe if i ve to use internet durin installation?... cant i uninstall mcafee after installing avira??