Latest version of Avast Antivirus

Dinesh · 19 Jan 2010

Brink said:

joeirish said:

so does nobody use Security Essentials or would i be better of uninstalling it and using Avast

Hello Joe,

I have no problems with running MSE and Avast at the same time on my system. :)

Same here. Using both at the same time with no issues. :)

swarfega · 19 Jan 2010

Why would you want two av programs active at the same time?

Brink · 19 Jan 2010

Hi Nick,

MSE is more if a anti-malware program with antivirus protection to replace Windows Defender, while Avast is a more dedicated antivirus program. That, and better protection since no one scanner can catch everything. MSE and Avast have been certified to work together as well.

Dinesh · 19 Jan 2010

Brink said:

Hi Nick,

MSE is more if a anti-malware program with antivirus protection to replace Windows Defender, while Avast is a more dedicated antivirus program. That, and better protection since no one scanner can catch everything. MSE and Avast have been certified to work together as well.

Airbot · 19 Jan 2010

Yeah, they are supposed to be able to work without problems, side by side. You can read a small mention here from a few months ago.
avast! blog Greetings from Redmond

JMH · 20 Jan 2010

Avast Free, Pro, Internet Security version 5 released - TechSpot News

swarfega · 20 Jan 2010

Brink said:

Hi Nick,

MSE is more if a anti-malware program with antivirus protection to replace Windows Defender, while Avast is a more dedicated antivirus program. That, and better protection since no one scanner can catch everything. MSE and Avast have been certified to work together as well.

erm, MSE is a full AV and anti malware client. It can stand up against threats pretty well on its own.

Quote from Microsoft's MSE site:

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

neoasr · 20 Jan 2010

Dinesh said:

Brink said:

joeirish said:

so does nobody use Security Essentials or would i be better of uninstalling it and using Avast

Hello Joe,

I have no problems with running MSE and Avast at the same time on my system. :)

Same here. Using both at the same time with no issues. :)

using avast 5 free with nis2010.. no problem in 2 days .. any suggestion

joeirish · 21 Jan 2010

thanks all , ok i have downloaded and used the Avast alongside security essentials but do you not find that even for a quick scan Avast takes a very long time and security essentials only takes a few minutes as does malwarebytes

Airbot · 21 Jan 2010

Even a full scan with 5 is very fast on my machine. I would say a lot faster than version 4- ever was.