Will there be any problems combining the following freeware?

Question

Will there be any problems combining the following freeware?

AVG antivirus & Zonealarm firewall. Toshiba 1G/120 notebook, running Vista Home Premium. Thanks to those who reply.

Answer 1

I don't think there should really be any major problems, but just be prepared for you computer to run a lot slower. Every time you download something, it'll do a number on the hard drive. Some people think that if you download about 10 anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, all your problems will be solved. Those programs do upgrade though.

What I would do is right click on every icon you have on your desktop and everything you download. Then click on "properties" and go to where it says "general". Then click on the "advanced" button on the bottom. Be sure you check everything. Click the "apply" button. After the "apply" button fades, click OK.

Some of the will have an box that says "compress files, and subfolders, etc." I'd click yes on that. This will compress all your files and make more room on your computer. After all this, do a disk defragmenter and a disk clean-up. This will clear out a huge amount of space on your computer.

It'll help stop your computer from stalling so much and help it run faster and more smoother. It'll also help all these programs work more effectively.

Answer 2

This will work just fine.  Some of my family use exactly those two programs.

Answer 3

I think it depends on which versions of those programs you are using.

I used to use AVG Free 7.5 with ZA 6.5 on Win XP Pro SP2

I now have AVG Free 8.0, and it seems to get blocked from downloading update files when ZA is running.

I know there is a newer version of ZA available, but I usually just turn ZA off and rely on the Windows Firewall.