Avast and AVG Question!?

Question

I saw that both of them picked up different viruses during their scans so I use both. I use AVG for daily, and Avast only every month or so since I have to back up my computer each time (it crashed my comp before). i also use lavasoft.

I was just wondering though, I have both Avast and AVG running at the same time when I am on the internet.

Should I not do this? WHy?

Answer 1

I agree that you should only have one.  However, I disagree that AVG 'doesn't pickup everything'.   I have used it for over 4 years and it has caught everything that has come my way.  It automatically updates the virus definitions daily.  I have never had a virus make it to my PC.

Answer 2

one antivirus is recommended because two makes them not work as properly as they should.

Answer 3

I wouldn't have 2 antivirus programmes running anyway due to the impact on performance of the computer.  Avast is ok but is very resource hungry, whereas AVG is lighter on system resources but doesn't pick up everything.

I guess you have to do a trade off between how well you want your machine to work versus how much you want to protect your data.

I'd personally run AVG on the computer to provide a standard level of AV protection when you are doing everyday work and using the internet, and store documents that are vitally important on a memory stick or external HDD.  

If you do pick up a virus that AVG cannot deal with, install Avast again and run a bootup scan to clean it.  Oh and keep Windows up to date with Windows Update, keep service packs up to date and enable Windows Firewall.

Answer 4

there fighting each other and pulling in the virus