While I'm learning a lot of stuff on this Forum, one thing I did know before even coming here was the bit about 2 Anti-Viruses going on at once was a HUGE Bad Idea.
Today, I took a quick look at a neighbor's computer so as to get an idea if something on the Windows XP AOL LOOK was normal on the computer of those friends on whose avast! I registered today. Anyway, that neighbor told me their computer's Internet connection had been intermittently slow / sluggish lately. I went, "Hmmm? I wonder if it doesn't have 2 Anti-Viruses like this other computer on which I've been working?" Okay, I remember months ago having asked the neighbor's son what kind of Anti-Virus they had. At the time, he had told me, "Oh, I have my Anti-Virus through my ISP." I inquired at the time what specific Anti-Virus? He had replied back then, "Oh, I don't know. Just whatever they have, whatever they use."
So, this afternoon, I decided out of curiosity to peek around in the neighbor's computer to see if indeed it might have 2 Anti-Viruses. Well, it appears the computer IS being protected by Norton. Now ... my question is: Does having an Anti-Virus, in this case --- Norton, IN a computer AND being protected by an additional Anti-Virus via your ISP constitute one of those infamous --- 2 Anti-Virus Infractions ? Or is the ISP's Anti-Virus too far out of the loop ... or more like isolated from the computer's actual Internal Anti-Virus so as to cause any conflict and slowdown? WOULD it be perfectly OK to have this setup ... an Anti-Virus internally on a computer ... PLUS an additional Anti-Virus via the ISP?