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[John Blixt]

Hi all!  I was wondering if anybody knows weather avast runs in all browsers?  I have recently opened up Firefox again and noticed on upgrade that there is a sidebar showing me Avast information.  I can go in and customize a few options as well.  Is this between Firefox and Avast or is Firefox the only one that displays web-shields from a computer's anti-virus programs?  Also, I've been warned, in the past, not to run two anti-virus programs on the same machine.  Does this apply to programs like Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner as well?  I'm not sure as to why you would be harming your computer for running two anti-virus programs in the first place, but that's what they say.  One more for you gurus, AdwCleaner runs straight from the desktop so is it self updating as there is not an update function that I can see.  Sorry to hit you with so many questions but, this seems like a good place to find out some straightforward answers.

jb

[Pondus]

Also, I've been warned, in the past, not to run two anti-virus programs on the same machine.  Does this apply to programs like Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner as well?  I'm not sure as to why you would be harming your computer for running two anti-virus programs in the first place,

Malwarebytes and AdwCleaner are not antivirus programs and runs fine with avast..... everyone in this forum use Malwarebytes


why you should not install muliple AV explained here
read reply from quietman7 here.   http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic186533.html

[Para-Noid]

I think the OP is referring to the "avast online security".
The AOS is part of avast you can find it GUI>Settings>Antivirus

The main purpose is anti-phishing and anti-tracking function.