Multilayer Protection from 4 different antiviralwares...?

From: J. Yoon (supercool9000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/28/04

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    Knowing that 1 single antiviral ware can not detect every virus/worm and the
    difference in the time virus defitions are released, I've tried to install
    many as possible to try and get multiple layer protection.

    Has anyone ever successfully configured an XP/2000/NT to work with a
    combination of different antivirus softwares?

    I've been using the following in conjunction;

    1. mcafee
    2. norton
    3. avg
    4. pccillin

    However, I realized that even if I have more than 1 antiviral software
    running, only one of them will scan my IMAP emails and only one of them will
    detect those resident in the memory....
    ALL depending on which software was installed "LAST".
    We're not talking about scheduled-scan but the actual scanning of
    registry/memory and live interception. I've tried testing this speculation
    by infecting my system with two different set of known worms/trojans and
    noticed that only one was doing anything at all.

    One thing to note is that McAfee seems to crash very often when I run it
    together with Norton.

    Is it actually providing triple/quad protection, or is this another common
    "false sense of security"?

    What would the experts recommend we do
    in order to get a SOLID multi-layer viral protection?
    (ie: taking into consideration the software compatibility issues between
    different products)

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