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 May 5 2008, 10:15 AM
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Edit: Moved topic from XP to the more appropriate forum. ~ Animal |
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May 5 2008, 10:54 AM
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A. O. F. Group: BC Advisor Posts: 3,781 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern CA. Foothills Member No.: 13,532 |
High deserthawk, and welcome to BleepingComputer.
Having two or more anti virus utilities running at the same time usually results in conflicts and false positives, we recommend that this not be done. I don't believe there would be any point in trying to run more than one scan at a time and I don't think it would save any time, this might even prove to be a problem and take longer than running them separately. -------------------- "I would never join any club that would have me as a member" Groucho Marx
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May 5 2008, 11:10 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 4,209 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
I will add that...some scanners (e.g., Windows Defender) seem to be system-intensive and probably won't allow for running another scanner at the same time.
Louis |
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May 5 2008, 11:25 AM
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 Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon Member No.: 131,963 |
QUOTE and take longer than running them separately. it wouldn't be very good for the hard drive either, 2 programs trying to read the files at the same time -------------------- |
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May 5 2008, 12:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 485 Joined: 9-November 07 From: England Member No.: 168,496 |
I was wondering what you would do when they both detect the same infected files... Which scanner would you use to remove them? Which means I guess, if you use one, you'll have to re-scan with the other one...
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May 5 2008, 12:55 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 5-May 08 From: Arizona Member No.: 207,159 |
Thank you all for your quick replies. I will take your advice and continue running them one at a time.
-------------------- Man plans, God laughs
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May 5 2008, 04:18 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 771 Joined: 21-March 08 From: Canada Member No.: 197,892 |
HI,
When both scanners detect the same infected file(s) it doesn't really matter which one you remove it from. I guess I need to stop scanning with 2 anti-spyware program at once. Just a quick note, when I scan with 2 anti-spyware scans I found out that one scanner finds like 3 warnings and another finds 1 infection with no warning. Just asking why? Is it just because that some programs miss an spyware and another catches it or is there any other reasons? Regards, Extrmemboy -------------------- With Regards,
Extremeboy There are places in us that have no limitations. If I'm helping you and I haven't replyed within 48 hours please feel free to send me a PM, Thanks. |
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May 5 2008, 04:25 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 4,209 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
Each malware detection program...whether antispyware or antivirus...each is developed and maintained by different groups of personnel.
Each has its own unique way of doing what it was designed to do, using different databases and procedures. That's why it's such a fallacy to assume that only 1 program can really do an adequate job of protecting a system...against everything that the malware misanthropes can dream up daily. No one program can do it all and it's not unusual for one program to find items which another did not alert on. AV programs are concerned primarily with known viruses but they may also detect some forms of other malware...not all. Same situation applies to any single malware detection program (e.g. Windows Defender, Spyblaster, SuperAntispyware, etc.),which is why it's generally suggested to employ at least two such programs. Louis |
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 May 7 2008, 02:54 PM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,620 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
I go for running one at a time; I know some people get impatient with the time scans take
BUT you have put those tool on your computer havent you? so let 'em run and do their work one at a time OFF line ; have a cuppa..... watch tv......or a meal.......but do keep an eye ON the scans to see if it asks anything of/from you whilst scanning as yas never knows does ya 
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