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Posted by Neil Jones on November 22, 2008, 7:22 am
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What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same system?
I want one of AV scaaners to be the primary AV scanner (resident). The
other AV scanners I would like to use them from a bootable CD or as an
application and execute on-demand only. Some scanners seem to be more
current than others. So I would like to know if anyone has done this on
Windows Vista without hurting the system.
Thank you in advance.
NJ
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Posted by Volker Birk on November 22, 2008, 8:43 am
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> What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same system?
The best way is not to do so.
Yours,
VB.
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(Wikipedia)
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Posted by illjilli on November 22, 2008, 9:17 am
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and does not have a resident shield and is free
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable
> What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same system?
> I want one of AV scaaners to be the primary AV scanner (resident). The
> other AV scanners I would like to use them from a bootable CD or as an
> application and execute on-demand only. Some scanners seem to be more
> current than others. So I would like to know if anyone has done this on
> Windows Vista without hurting the system.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> NJ
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Posted by Ken Blake, MVP on November 22, 2008, 10:30 am
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> What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same system?
> I want one of AV scaaners to be the primary AV scanner (resident). The
> other AV scanners I would like to use them from a bootable CD or as an
> application and execute on-demand only. Some scanners seem to be more
> current than others. So I would like to know if anyone has done this on
> Windows Vista without hurting the system.
You've gotten answers to question from others, but I just wanted to
recommend that instead of using two virus scanners, you get and use
just one--the best one available, which in my view is NOD32.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Posted by Leythos on November 23, 2008, 10:21 am
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> > And yet we've all proven, time and time again, that AV products really
> > don't provide solid protection against anything.
>
> ...and once the law of diminishing returns is figured in, more software
> will only reduce security.
Depends, I tend to install a couple manual scanners, then uninstall them
after testing. I only use manual scanners from sources I trust.
What I've found, time and time again, is that each scanner will detect
things that the others don't, that no single scanner, even active, will
catch everything, and that it takes a LOT more than just a scanner
(active or not) to keep a system clean.
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drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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