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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Scott274 on October 26, 2011, 11:22:24 PM
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As of the latest versions, will it be OK to install Avast Free Antivirus, Comodo Firewall, and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free at the same time. I mean will there be any conflicts, system slowdowns etc if all three are installed at the same time.
Is this good protection for a medium risk PC user or is this too much.. I mean three different products installed at the same time, perhaps I should leave one of them out or research more on the best free protection.
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That should be fine, assuming you are only installing the comodo firewall and defence+ (not comodo AV).
The main issue is not having more than one resident AV installed. Generally the same is true of firewalls and anti-spy/malware applications.
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Is this good protection for a medium risk PC user...
Yes.
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I currently use all three, and I have no problems.
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And turn off Comodo sandbox IF you're going to used Avast autosandbox, having both sandbox can cause conflicting between Comodo FW and Avast Free Antivirus ;)
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Yes I will be installing comodo firewall and defence+ only (not comodo AV/IS) and I will keep the sandbox tip in mind, thanks.
I am migrating from kaspersky Internet Security by the way, never had much infection problems, just few days back KIS blocked a Trojan before it even got downloaded while I was web browsing, & this was the only incident in a long time. It's heavy on resources though & I am running a slightly older PC (DDR1 512MB+P4 Prescott). Will miss good ol' KIS.
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You would want to use the KIS removal utility to get rid of any remnants after uninstalling it. Search for Kaspersky at http://thewebatom.net/uninstallers/security-software/ (http://thewebatom.net/uninstallers/security-software/).
This minimizes future conflicts with other AV.
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I had already downloaded this, probably the same thing.. kavremover.exe
http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208279463
Will uninstall KIS & install Avast Free Antivirus + Comodo Firewall + Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free, tonight since there doesn't seems to be any mentioned problems. Let's me hope it gives good PC protection without using too much resources as KIS did.
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Yes I will be installing comodo firewall and defence+ only (not comodo AV/IS) and I will keep the sandbox tip in mind, thanks.
I am migrating from kaspersky Internet Security by the way
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It's heavy on resources though & I am running a slightly older PC (DDR1 512MB+P4 Prescott). Will miss good ol' KIS.
I think you will welcome the better overall system performance with avast, provided as advised you remove all remnants of KIS.
Welcome to the forums and the avast family ;D
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I am running a slightly older PC (DDR1 512MB+P4 Prescott). Will miss good ol' KIS.
Aren't you able to upgrade the memory? Sorry it's a bit off topic but since it's a Prescott I would think you can probably go up to 1 gig, and if you paid for Kaspersky, even if it was free after rebate I would think the ram upgrade makes a lot more sense and is very inexpensive, especially used off eBay or something.
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It isn't the CPU that determines the memory limit but primarily the Motherboard (and the OS of course). That can be checked using a tool from crucial.com.