Should you use more than one virus protection at a time?
People ask this question because they hear that some antivirus programs don’t catch all viruses and think that by having more than one virus program running at a time they will get better protection from viruses.
They think that what one antivirus program misses the other one will catch. This could be true because no antivirus program is perfect and each one works in a slightly different way to the others.
The trouble with this idea is that two antivirus programs will take up a lot more of your computer resources and slow your PC down. Some antivirus programs are resource hogs and having two running at the same time will slow your computer down dramatically.
They may also conflict with each other and cause all sorts of problems. If you want to have two antivirus programs installed on your PC, you could do this but it’s best to have only one running at a time to avoid conflicts. You will have to disable one to do this though which might be a bit tricky as some antivirus programs have many processes running at one time.
You could then do a scan with each to see if one anti virus program discovers a virus that the other one misses. If you want more than one virus protection on your computer you will have to experiment a little to find the right setup for your PC.
You must realize that no antivirus program will protect your computer from the threat of viruses completely. The best way to avoid getting a virus on your PC is to be very careful about downloading pirated software, which is one of the main ways Trojans and many other nasty things are spread around the internet.
You might think you are saving money but sometimes the price can be higher than you think once you find your private and financial data has been stolen.