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Re: Avast says No, Norton says Yes! What's going on?
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2009, 10:18:19 AM »
-= Is Avira[on demand]+Avast[on access] a bad combination..?
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Re: Avast says No, Norton says Yes! What's going on?
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2009, 12:54:47 PM »
avira no lol

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Re: Avast says No, Norton says Yes! What's going on?
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2009, 03:40:31 PM »
-= A.. Thanks..
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Re: Avast says No, Norton says Yes! What's going on?
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2009, 04:05:44 PM »
-= Is Avira[on demand]+Avast[on access] a bad combination..?

The problem is that avira isn't designed to be an on-demand AV but a resident on-access AV, so simply disabling the on-access scanner is unlikely to also disable/stop the loading of the low level drivers. It needs some hacking to make avira on-demand only, I doubt that you have jumped through those hoops, I don't know the full proceedure to completely disable it.

I never thought it a worthwhile exercise, when it is possible to use on-line scanners as a second opinion scan, so I never investigated it further, though some in the forums have.

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Re: Avast says No, Norton says Yes! What's going on?
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2009, 12:07:28 PM »
-= A. I see.. Thanks for the advice..
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