Windows Defender and AVG antivirus

Thank you sir. That is really all I wanted to know.

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:07:39 -0700, "Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com>
wrote:

>You can safely run more than one Antispyware Program on the same machine.
>You should not try to run more than one Antivirus Program on the same machine.
>AVG and Windows Defender get along just fine together. What one misses the other picks up.
>
><August@yahoo.net> wrote in message news:1t3o951vatumks0d7munvjnrs5jinjnu84@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:53:46 -0400, "webster72n"
>> <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>><August@yahoo.net> wrote in message
>>>news:954n95lfuok3afrnm7jj0ckfe5bdjfs0i7@4ax.com ...
>>>> AVG 8.5.409 lists as "security features" anti-virus, anti-spyware,
>>>> email scanner, link scanner, and resident shield among others. I don't
>>>> see a way to disable the individual features without disabling AVG
>>>> altogether.
>>>>
>>>> Running both hasn't been a problem. Computer seems healthy. Just
>>>> looking for tweaks and wanting to keep Windows happy. Thanks for your
>>>> help.
>>>
>>>Avast lets you manipulate all of its features and I am sure AVG does the
>>>same, without the need to uninstall the entire program.
>>>Did you look into it?
>>>
>>>Harry.
>>
>> Yes. That's what I have been saying. The only control I can find is
>> under advanced tools > ignore faulty conditions. This lets me ignore
>> warnings of the above security features, but not turn them off.
>> Perhaps I should go to AVG on this.
>>>
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>>>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:10:33 -0400, "Saucy"
>>>> <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Run both.
>>>>>
>>>>>Grisoft's AVG is an anti-virus program whereas the Microsoft product more
>>>>>or
>>>>>less concentrates on detecting "spyware". While the lines are a bit
>>>>>blurry,
>>>>>these are two different areas of malware.
>>>>>
>>>>>Saucy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>><August@yahoo.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:8kbl95dkjgn2l28765ir8tvgi57jr810jo@4ax.c om...
>>>>>> In my security section in the control panel it says "Windows Defender
>>>>>> and AVG antivirus both report they are turned on."
>>>>>> Note : Running two or more antispyware programs at the same time can
>>>>>> cause your computer to run slowly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which one should I disable? I don't see a way to disable AVG free
>>>>>> antispyware.
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