AntiVirus: can you use Norton AND avg?

[Hans Svetty]

I have heard from a friend that the Norton I'm using isn't as good as AVG, which catches stuff that Norton AV 2004 has been missing...

Can I install AVG without uninstalling Norton first?

If I do, will I regret it? Some guy once told me NEVER install two AV software programs at once.

I was thinking that if it seemed to work out well for me, that I might later uninstall the Norton AntiVirus and just go with the AVG.

And AVG is free, wow.

hans

[Sun]

I use Norton Antivirus 2003,Antivir (http://www.free-av.com/) and AVG.:rolleyes: ;)

[mcool61]

The more things you have running the less resources you have available for games & other applications. Norton is good. AVG is good. I wouldn't run both at once.

[Hans Svetty]

Thanks Sun.

Mcool, which do you personally use?

hans

[BipolarBill]

Of the three, I like AntiVir the best. It's less of a pain than Norton and more thorough than AVG. It's free too!

www.free-av.com

[MJCfromCT]

i've been using AVG for about a year and a half now, and its never given me too many problems...its caught all the little "nasties" right when they came on my computer too, i highly recommend it.

AVG Antivirus (http://www.grisoft.com)

[Hans Svetty]

Good info, thanks. Never heard of that Antivir, the forum is German so I guess it's based over there.

Any more views or personal preferences out there?

hans

[AdamST]

I use Nortan but the my trial version will be up in a month, so im going to use one of those free ones the guys posted. Maybe AVG

[Hans Svetty]

Yeah, that one seems well liked here at school....

[bka1967]

I have both Norton and Antivir installed. However, only Norton is on active guard.

I have found that Antivir was able to find a virus in a zipped file. It unzipps and scans. Though Norton didn't find this virus (I never unzipped the file).

Antivir seems faster also.

Just my $.02 :t

[Hans Svetty]

All this good info is more "grist for the mill" as it were.
:)