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Should You Use Multiple Antivirus Programs?
A Very Common Question!
Should you be using more than one Antivirus program on your computer?
Short Answer: NO
Reasoning
You won't get a virus but, too much of a good thing can be a detriment to the
performance of your computer. Periodically I will get a client who has 2, 3 or even 5
antivirus programs installed on a computer. This is a bad idea as it will bring your
computer to a near standstill. It will run like molasses. Both the active scans and
background scans will work the drive to death. On a spinning drive, this is called
thrashing. The programs are literally competing against each other for access to the
disk. This activity also creates a massive backlog in the disk queue. This creates
significant delays for the user to get any work done. The Antivirus programs are
competing against each other, as well as the person using the computer.
Keep It Simple
My advice is to pick a single, good quality antivirus program. There is NO need to
purchase the extra options such as driver updaters, software updaters etc. Just get the
basic antivirus with anti-malware. Your computer will thank you!
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