Re: why cannot install two different antivirus software in the same machine?
- From: "Weatherlawyer" <Weatherlawyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Jan 2006 02:46:03 -0800
Malke wrote:
> javacc2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I have Mcafee antivirus software installed in my machine, and I tried
> > to install Norton antivirus software, but it pops up an error message
> > "Norton AntiVirus has detected a conflicting anti-virus.."
> Sometimes you *can* install two separate antivirus programs, although
> you should not *run* two antivirus programs at the same time.
But why would you want to? Once a product has your confidence, you are
capable of learning how not to get it infected. It is better to
excersize and wear a tee shirt than to slouch in two coats.
I would like the opportunity one day to take XP out for a spin and
really put it through its paces without stepping in dogczd all the
time. Wouldn't that be nice.
But the OP's question has not been answered except as some sort of
conspiracy on the capitalist's side. As if the people who keep
Microsoft up and running ever get paid by them. (OK they gave Patrick
Kollah, the owner of SpyBot a copy of Windows once. That must have cost
them maybe as much as 2 cents to do. I bet the postage cost more.)
For a firm to make money producing AVware they have to be on the ball
at all times and get the right answers quickly and then they need to
produce patches and get them out into the wild to combat the viruses.
Before they can make any money selling theire product they need to be
well known and they need to have a track record. But that's just
business. I imagine a gang of friends setting themselves up as good
guys with a hobby then a reputation. Then a small business.
They are the good guys, they don't have the time to go up against other
AVmakers. They need to keep a complex system up and running with all
the add ons and peripherals that all the different manufacturers make
going on at the same time. There is no way all AVs can be on the ball
all the time.
Sometimes their patches cause problems and they need to patch their
patches when they get feedback. If they have to unscramble the
spaghetti that is produced at the same time by other antivirus writers,
the time it would take would be phenomenal.
Then someone would come along and work out a way to get the two search
engines to blow a fuse. That would flatten a substantial segment of the
internet perhaps.
As with all explanations the simplest one is usually the right answer.
I'm not saying I'm right. Norton is or was recently mis-identifying
Spybot and resisiting straightening things out. Personaly I think
Teatimer isn't worth having.
The simplest course then, is not using it and the simplest course with
most antiviruses is to keep things simple and just use the one that
suits you.
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