How to stop various antivirus from running

[Girom]

I have avg and avira and malware bytes running in the background. Is there a way I can make them only run wen I want to or do I have to uninstall them?

 

[margrave]

I wonder why you want to shut them off. Are they slowing your system?
If so, just keep one and uninstall the other two.

 

[bigmck]

You don't need both Avira and Avg. Uninstall one of them. It is best to have one of them running in the background all of the time. Malwarebytes can be run every week. There should be a schedule to set when they run.

 

[Layback Bear]

Never run more than one anti virus program on one computer at one time. They see each other and argue. Many times the will fight each other until you get a BSOD. Both running at the same time will surly slow your computer a lot. Their is also a good chance with both at the same time you are less protected.

I would choose Avria over AVG.

 

[Girom]

Should MalWare Bytes be discarded too ,just leaving Avira and nothing else? I just found that I have Avast too.
Should I keep Avast or Avira? I'm guessing Avira because last time I had Avast I could not stop all the popups on the lower right hand corner for the life of me even after I asked people at the Avast forums how to stop the popups.

 

[Layback Bear]

First I would keep Malwarebytes Anti Malware. It is not a anti virus program. It is a anti malware program. They are different.

I have not used Avast or Avira. By what I read they are boot good.
What ever anti virus you remove please use their removal tool found on line to do the job correctly.

 

[whs]

LB is right. Here are the removal tools. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/78961-av-uninstallers.html#post690028

And regarding MBAM - use it for scanning only and when it is done, stop it (from the task tray).

 

[Layback Bear]

Excellent tutorial Wolfgang. I didn't know their was such a tutorial.

 

[whs]

Thanks Jack.

 

[margrave]

I would just run AVG. It's been trouble-free for us for years. Avira was a resource hog and missed things that AVG trapped.

In any case MalwareBytes is redundant.

 

[bigmck]

I would just run AVG. It's been trouble-free for us for years. Avira was a resource hog and missed things that AVG trapped.

In any case MalwareBytes is redundant.

No, Malwarebytes is not like either of the other two. It should be run with either AVG or Avira.

 

[Layback Bear]

I would just run AVG. It's been trouble-free for us for years. Avira was a resource hog and missed things that AVG trapped.

In any case MalwareBytes is redundant.

I have no idea what this means.
Could you please explain.

 

[Girom]

I ran AVG (which I downloaded first before I downloaded Avira or Avast) and it caught the StormAlerts Ad virus (it kept popping up whenever I opened a browser. But even when it said it got rid of that adware, after I reboot the computer the adware was still there! I tried scanning with Avira but it didn't catch that virus. Sometimes I see it running in the background in Task Manager.

 

[Girom]

Is there no way of just turning off the background process permanently instead of uninstalling Avira, etc?
I would like to use it sometimes if I feel like I need to instead of having to redownload it all over again.

 

[Layback Bear]

Did you want to keep this backup program?
Did you intend to install this backup program or is it a little something that slipped in while downloading something else.

As I and others have recommended before. One ant virus on one computer at one time.

 

[bigmck]

Is there no way of just turning off the background process permanently instead of uninstalling Avira, etc?

If you don't have an anti-virus running all the time, there is no reason to have it. It runs all the time to keep the virus' out of your PC. == If you don't want the Stormalerts ad, run Malwarebytes and it will get rid of it. Anti-virus' usually won't get those.

 

[LMiller7]

It is not a good idea to have multiple anti-virus products installed on the same computer. Modern AV products have multiple processes, services, and drivers, any of which may interact with those of another product in undesired and unpredictable ways. These are highly advanced and complex products that are bending the rules of how applications are supposed to behave. But do so they must if they are to perform their intended purpose. AV products were never designed to coexist with others.

Pick one AV product that you wish to keep and uninstall all others. There is no safe way to do otherwise.

Note that Malwarebytes is not considered an AV products and is exempt from the above.

 

[Layback Bear]

Girom don't you believe all of us.

7 times in this thread members have recommended to run only one anti virus at one time one one computer.
whs has posted #7 a list of removal tools to remove the extra anti virus programs. You have been asked to scan and removed the little extra things you got when downloading programs.

I'm at a loss on how to guide you farther until you comply to the previous suggestion and recommendations.

You don't have to do the suggestion, it's your computer but I strongly recommend you follow the guidance you have been given.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I would just run AVG. It's been trouble-free for us for years. Avira was a resource hog and missed things that AVG trapped.

In any case MalwareBytes is redundant.

My experience is just the opposite, AVG killed my performance and Avira did not. I think that system config makes a big difference in how A/V runs on a particular box. I would try different ones and then use the one that worked the best for you. I think in the long run it's worth the time and effort to do so.

MBAM can run in the back ground or used as a weekly check, user choice. You could do the same SASW. I have the commercial version of both MBAM and SASW, I'm not going to renew SASW as MBAM seems to cover everything I need.

For my needs I have not found a better combination than MSE and MBAM.

ETA: OP, listen to the LMiller and the Bear.

 

[Girom]

What does MBAM stand for? Is MSE Microsoft Security Essentials?