antivirus software preferences

"should" you run more than one av at a time on a system. if so, why? does anyone here do it?

I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL.

I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL.


so do i, but how would you tell a client that? and how do you justify your brilliant response?

Huge waste of system resources?

Personally, I don't run a single AV, but I'm also very aware that this wouldn't be wise in most cases.

Most of them interfere with each other.


EDIT- If they're that paranoid (my dad is like this) tell them to run one AV but also do a periodic scan with an online scanner like Trendmicro's Housecall.

I wouldn't install two AV programs, let alone run them at the same time.
They would probably conflict with each other and as someone mentioned it'd be a huge resource hog.

No

I wouldn't install two AV programs, let alone run them at the same time.
They would probably conflict with each other and as someone mentioned it'd be a huge resource hog.
My thoughts exactly.

Huge waste of system resources?

Personally, I don't run a single AV, but I'm also very aware that this wouldn't be wise in most cases.

wasted resources is your main consideration

can you run 2 at a time, sure. there's no real need for 2 though, but hey, if it makes the customer happy, then wtf. tell them if they're gonna run 2 or more av's, then to upgrade mobo, cpu and ram so it won't affect them. make yourself more work :)

thanks, pretty much along the same lines i was thinking. i have a client that installed avg, nod32, bitdefender and etrust. bit of overkill i thought.

boot into safe mode and scan with one, then another, then another, never simult.