Avast running alongside McAfee

[sp_key]

Hi all,

I am forced to run McAfee Professional Edition on my machine and I would like to know whether it is ok to run Avast as well.
I've heard it is not a good idea to run 2 antiviruses at the same time.

Many thanks in advance
sp

[YoKenny]

Welcome sp_key

Unfortunatly you can not run avast! as well as McAfee as they will conflict.

[sp_key]

Thanks for your speedy reply.
Is it possible to disable it on startup then and keep it for on demand scan?

[YoKenny]

They conflict as the drivers are loaded at system boot up.

They have even removed their on-line scan:
http://www.mcafee.com/freescan

[sp_key]

Hi Kenny,

you misunderstood. I don't want to disable McAfee - as I said previously I am forced to use it and it can not be disabled.
But since I can't use avast at the same time I want to disable that and use it on demand.

Is this possible?

Many thanks

[YoKenny]

From what I have read is that you can not have 2 anti virus applications on the same system.

avast! Online Scanner
http://onlinescan.avast.com/index_por.php

[sp_key]

Great! thanks!