Can you use more than one antivirus?
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Can you use more than one antivirus? Should you use more than one antivirus? Is it a good idea to layer multiple security programs? We put it to the test by running three antivirus programs on one system.
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I actually tried running as many antiviruses as i could at once in a virtual machine, i think i got to like 4 at which point the system just became completely unusable as the antiviruses were basically screaming at eachother.
i might try again at some point though
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can you install me too?
Supre hell no
I got 2 until it both asked me for access and spammed messges
Thank you for your clear explanation! This is a question I have often pondered, but never experimented with to try and find an answer.
Try just paring 2 anti viruses together with windows defender, it is a great option and it also creates layer of protection for your computer
I was running quick heal paid. Hell slow... Thanks to you now I use Kaspersky. Way better and way lighter. ❤️
I spend a lot of time helping my aging peers with their computers, and one of the first things I almost always do is shut off and uninstall the second-through-Xth AV product. They marvel at how much faster the system runs at reboot.
@Hy Ambitions My advice is to look through The PC Security Channel's videos or go to his web site and read what he's written. I personally use Comodo Internet Security Premium, and the free version of MalwareBytes which just sorta sits there until I call it up. Once a week I boot up the USB stick version of Bitdefender and run that. It boots up in Gentoo Linux (I think) and gives me the opportunity to remove malware that the other two don't see in Windows 10. I suppose that having a router/WiFi box with a hardware firewall helps too. If I'm going to browse really sketchy web sites I run a Linux environment from inside a virtual machine under VirtualBox. I doubt there's any 13yo hackers in China - their government doesn't allow competition. Keep your antivirus signatures up-to-date.
@Hy Ambitions over kill
@Hy Ambitions Overkill, just use something like Avast or Kaspersky and you'll be fine.
Ran Eset alongside kaspersky cloud and they are loving it.
Does it work good ?
@@raoufbensalem3417 I ended up removing east and kept Kaspersky but together they were fine. Eset had internet security which Kaspersky didn't but I had an add on.
@@i3130002 ok ty
I ran more than one free AV when I moved to W10. Worked for a bit but ended up with a host of problems and blue screens that took weeks and a few W10 reinstallations to troubleshoot ... it was a disaster. I ditched all free VA and went to a single paid AV and that fixed everything.
what are your thoughts (or maybe testing against malware in future video) on: Comodo (Only HIPS + Containment/VS + FW), combined with Avira for signatures? considering cost/value/resource consumption.
Not really multiple antivirus, but back in Windows XP I found a screensaver that could de-fragment the hard-drive, and also a I think Avast had a screensaver that searched your computer while the screensaver was running (which is genius, since you are not bothered by it), I think the Avast screensaver allowed you to launch another screensaver (the avast was just a boring text box, so you had the option to run something more "fun"), so I managed to run both those screensavers at once, it was quite nice, but I think a drawback was that the antivirus scan didn't remember where it scanned last time, so the first files got scanned a lot, while the last files barely got scanned ever.
I remember having McAfee and Norton running at the same time for 2 weeks, and to a lesser extent Windows Defender. Hated it. Super slow, everything hated each other.
FarmYard Gaming only use windows defender it is the best antivirus
@@HeenaPatel253 its trash
Bruh420 what do u use bruh
Bruh420 avast?
uh oh
From the comments here, it can be seen that people don't really have a problem with the conflict between two antiviruses... and in fact, that's easy to solve, you just need to turn off file protection from one antivirus and you have double protection for everything else. Double online protection cannot be the reason for the conflict.
Hey Leo, great content. I'm a novice PC builder. I recently built my first PC and i'm learning all of the ins and outs of cyber security and PC maintenance. One of the things that i didn't know was that Windows Device Security is not enabled by default(VBS, TPM, Secure Boot). These features have to be enabled in the BIOS and should be one of the first things done after a build. None of the PC Building gurus ever talk about this. In fact, there are more UA-cam videos on how to disable these features than enable them. Am i missing something? Are these features necessary or just more fluff in a already weak OS security system?
Bitdefender: Now we are in same system, to me you are Agent Smith.
Kaspersky: Huh, I thought you were agent Smith.
Agent Smith: ??? I should stick with AVG and Avast.
This was very helpful! Interesting how modern security tools try to defend you.
No most people indeed should not. Plus we did not even talk about the removal hassle in case you installed and used more than one at the same time. (Remembering a case where it took me literally 1 full day to remove them totally without breaking the system)
In the past running two anti malware scanners would bring the system down to a crawl.
I remember this when I had to install a anti malware program for a customer.
Done the uninstall of McAfee, it said Uninstall complete.
Installed the one they bought, rebooted, the system took ages to even boot in.
It seems mcafee didnt uninstall and had to quickly get a uninstall tool for it.
All of this happened right while the customer was waiting no less.
Once McAfee was purged, everything was fine.
In earlier days Norton didn’t play well with other AV programs. Now and for many years I have 1 AV, 1 VPN, and 2 hardwired hardened firewalls. And I also lock down my email servers to mitigate spam, which of course carries infectious links. You don’t have to be paranoid to be safe, just don’t browse and click where you shouldn’t. Oh yea and back up your stuff unless you like pain. Reading email headers would be a fun topic.... thanks!
What happens if i use
Malwarebytes
Bitdefender
Avast
Together?
Please test again Kaspersky vs Bitdefender Internet Security. I'm also curious if there's any difference between paid and free version in terms of detection.
He did in his last video
Now do Bitdefender + Kaspersky
Running Avast as main and Kaspersky as side, no errors has happened. Also kaspersky doesn’t like bit defender now as well, but it didn’t have any problems with avast, so I think it is fine tho I am not an expert.
Im using Kaspersky Total security and avast premium security works great very smooth no hiccups hehe
rn im using avast (the meh av) and malware bytes (the decent av) i had it over half a year and nothing bad happened except that if i go to the official malwarebytes link avast will block it. any ideas how to fix this?
Good job as always Leo but you forgot to mention if this apply's only to real time AV's
What about Malwarebytes + somethinig like Kaspersky? Are these "two antivirus solutions"?
Be careful not to cross the beams.
Or Petya might getya.
LMAOOOO
I thought it was fine as long as you don't run them at the same time? For system scans. All 3 of the anti viruses stop stuff individually while I'm in a gmod server using codecs
Hi Leo, it's funny I've tested different AV products on slower older systems and newer systems and some AV products run better on older systems and some don't. the ones that run better on older systems I find are ESET, f-secure, webroot where on the older systems bitdefender and Kaspersky or a little bit of a drag on the system. It seems Comodo and avast are bit sluggish also Vipre take alot of bandwidth so they tend to slow things down.
Fellow workers in tech support/IT. What's the most AV products you've seen on a system? Most I've seen on a customer's is 5
3
The middle school i used to go at long time ago had four AV installed. The XP computers couldn't even be used.
@@malwaretestingfan I can imagine lol
I have 8 on Android
@@draculemihawk10 do AVs even do that much background scanning on Android?
I use Kaspersky Internet Security and Malwarebytes Antimalware Premium and it seems they work great together. Can you maybe please make a Video facing these two together against your phyton script that executes ~1000 ransomwares? So that i can see if this is still a good idea or not. Would be great, thanks.
good idea @The PC Security Channel
Well i tryed this combo and it worked!: Kaspersky total security + hitman pro + malwarebytes + malwarebytes windows firewall control + adwcleaner + camodo firewall control
My pc specs (cpu, gpu and ram):
Cpu: Ryzen 9050x
Gpu: asus rtx 3090 OC 24gb ram
Ram: 128 ram corsair 32gb ram 3200mhz cl16
Nice video Leo. The only one I turned on sometimes it's wisevector. In normal use I don't need it.
Request: could u test the new Trend Micro 2021?
Regards
I always thought antivirus/antimalware wouldn't allow you to install with another one because they want you only using there software and the whole "incompatible" thing was just a lie. Guess they were telling the truth.
Not a realistic argument, it's sort of a red herring that you pulled here . You should have used either bit defender or kaspersky in tandem with another type of product like malwarebytes.
Can you please tell me which is best antivirus plz
Wow thanks. rly helped i got like 5 Antivirus programs on my system! THANKS! ill use it!
lul
lmao
I think you missed the point
Wow... 😳, 5 more then ur mission's complete 🤣
@@satyagalih26 Yeah.
great !!! now we can orchestrate the top 9 AVs to work in conjunction with each other on just one PC ... i wonder how that would work out ???
I was given an old Win XP machine and tried this. After the 3rd one, it became lagging because of the conflict of interests between the 3 anti-virus programs installed
You only need one.
Well, theoretically two, if you exclude Windows Defender's file(s)/folder(s) in said 3rdparty av exclusion list to have Windows Defender's periodic scanning perma-on/
You missing the part where you recommend what AV to run (if any) or in what combo (or only one)
I used to run a combo of Bitdefender and Malwarebytes and it worked well enough. Though now I use just Kaspersky.
@@aaandag9688 don't use malwarebytes. it is just crap for years now
@@karmaspcs It's good again, it did well on the latest test on this channel...
@@Julio_Fiss I use malwarebytes endpoint and it is using lot of resources when scanning..
Kaspersky is one of the best, bitdefender also good..
Norton 360 w/ lifelock also quite good..
> Can you wear more than one condom at once?
Yes. Should you? Probably not.
so glad you tested that theory !! it was known for a very long time - (*that you shouldn't mix the AVs)- ... *as a theory* , but for me at least , this is the first time that i can see in practice what the actual results may be !!
Once again , great work !!
I want to see more antiviruses fights for ram and cpu power while running a scan at the same time. Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood!
How to get Bit Defender Total Security and Comodo Firewall to run (Bit Defender says: bitdefender services are not responding)?
EDIT: I have to disable Bit Defender Firewall because otherwise my WIndows thinks I don't got an active Internetconnection
I was thinking to run malware and antivirus third-party software together, Anyways I get some information even if the content is not similar.
Ihave NAV and Malwarebytes for years and I have no issues. I do feel I need both as they detect different things. I am thinking switching to Kaspersky as I don't like NAV having to do auto renewal. Although you can turn it off in your account. I heard many nightmares and don't trust them anymore. Also don't want the Life-Lock with it. Thanks for the AV info.
I actually use both Norton and Kaspersky.
I have windows defender, but my main one is Bitdefender. I don't have a clue if Windows defender is running in background along side bitdefender.
Open windows defender and see if windows defender is working or disabled
I hope thats helps
Best channel for infosec tutorials. I am grateful to Leo for everything I have learned from your videos
I use Kaspersky internet security and mlb
this one are very informative ,more videos to come thank you for sharing
I have AVAST, KASPERSKY and Windows Defender (If its really a anti-virus)
Funny thing is I run two Linux machines, one for close to three years with no anti-virus software installed and never had one virus/malware infection. Windows has always been one big virus playground mess. By the way, I also have a Win 10 box and yes, it has had malware and virus infections. Go figure. ;-)
I ran Bitdefender Free, and as soon as I started Chrome with Kaspersky Cloud free it went crazy and spammed false positives on me xD
Edit: Now I use Kaspersky cloud and Malwarebytes.
don't use malwarebytes. it is just crap for years now
Can you make best free antivirus in 2020 ?
I have 2 anti virus Kaspersky and avast but avast is in passive mode
Avast had a CPU problems this latest patch it will eat 5% to 60% higher due to VPN and other components; also their DNS was hijacked many times (sort of); someone in Israel got caught quering Avast bitcoin mining on their dns server - they left trails back to their facebook bragging that's why they got the cellphone and tracked the hacker.
good choice leaving it on passive.
@@UnordinaryCarl no i dont have cpu problem
@@johnave4545 even if you have i9 or amd 64+ GB ddr4 ram; Avast had cpu problems in one latest patch; lucky for you weren't using active mode too
sir what will happen if you have 2 antivirus vs virus etc wht will happen???
what About AV like Avast and Malwarebyts? from my understanding Malwarebyts only targets Malware when AV's only target Viruses, should it be alright to run them both or does either one have both features?
You can actually install 4 or more antivirus software on your computer but your machine becomes slow and unresponsive due to multiple antiviruses running together. i'd rely on malwarebytes more than any antivirus software.
The title shouldn't be "Can you...", but rather "Should you.." Obviously, answer is not at all! Like ever.
I runned 2 AVs for a while now. I never had problems i've never added some to exeptions or stuff. I use Sophos and Bitdefender. No problem.
I will note that Bitdefender Support recommends against multiple AVs and their product does not support use of it with other AVs so if something does happen, you are obviously not using the product as intended, they aren't liable, etc.
Replace Bitdefender or remove Sophos
Can Malwarebytes be used on a Windows 10 PC running Windows Defender? Are there any conflicts between the two programs?
What about for Win.11?
Great channel btw, some very helpful vids!
Well i running avast and kaspersky at the same time 😂 the good thing is that avast can run on passive mode
Can you run a Ransomware vs PC Matic test? I am keen to see how effective their whitelisting and script blocking are. Malwarebytes actually report PC Matic as a PUP, although I'm not sure if that's still current.
i want this icon and taskbar size
Only Windows has problems with using 2 AV at the same time.On Android I use 8,all RTP,all web protection,6/8 premium and all performing as they should
On a Linux based system (android) avs do not really interfere with the system the way they so in windows.
Only malwarebytes work with antivirus
Normally
Yea except when Kaspersky does software update you will have exclude it every time from my experience anyway. Reason why I changed to Bitdefender.
And bitdefender uninstalls it
All non-resident scanners coexist mostly peacefully.
@@brunopaquin5637 running malwarebytes premium and Bitdefender on 3 pcs no problems. Malwarebytes will work with Kaspersky you just have to be mindful when doing software updates to exclude Malwarebytes from being removed.
what about windows defender and an AV? that's considered two AV running at the same time too?
If you were planning to get two different AV's for a sheep dip system, which ones would you consider?
Kaspersky Free is one
But does antiviruses won't go to conflict?
3/8 on Windows 10 , that is insane ... (shyemoji)
@@artu3359 uP
I was using ZoneAlarm with malwarebytes but now I’m using Eset with malwarebytes, and thinking about just leaving only Eset feels like it’s the better AV
If you have Malwarebytes premium, i dont recommend using it along with other AV. ESET Is a very good choice and fortunately we both can agree with that
Hi. Have you ever tested Bullguard vs. Malware?
i use malwarebytes and AVG
Sir I kindly request you please do again K7 total security test please
I used to have MS Security Essentials + Malwarebytes but nowadays I just have Malwarebytes.
I put Avast and Malwarebytes on all my client's systems as well as my own. It killed my business of having to fix infected computers on my own client's systems except m father's. When it tries to save him from an infected web page but he wants to go anyway, he just ignores it. Then I have to fix his machine and I charge him for being stupid.
LMAO
Great video man! 👍
Using Nod32 and MalwareBytes at the same time, no issues at all
Malwarebytes is an antimalware, a complement. So there should not be any problem but i dont recommend using the premium versión with other AV. Anyways if you feel secure, use them. ESET is a good choice! Greetings
I love your videos.Tech is so good and get a new info.
Am I crazy for wanting to know where you got that desktop wallpaper from?
Reverse image search
Can you combine an Anti virus and application whitelisting (like carbon black) in one machine. And make them run in harmony. Is it even a good idea
In the office we have Maccafee ens 10.7+ carbon black bit9. The machines are for the most part are very slow despite the great pc spesifications. Noone seems to know how to fix the performance issues
It doesn't make sense to have an antivirus with application whitelisting. The whitelisting will just block everything that's not whitelisted. So either use only the one or the other.
@@MaksKCSI didnt get you I got confused at the end can you clarify. Which is the more recomemded option macafee or bit9.
Also do you have any article or best practice I can share with these insane security guys. They say that bit9 is complementing macafee. The performance of the machines is so bad even after working on configuring the two products for more than 6 or 7 years. And Noone seems to know why.
Installing a windows cumilative update litlary takes 5 times as much as my personal pc even though they are relatively similar specs
@@TheGrizz485
You should either use one or the other. But what I would recommend is just to use Kasperskys business solution and nothing else.
Great video as usual!
What AV should i use Alongside windows defender?
How does Hitman pro update its self
here two softwares security slowdown open programs, start system and lot crashes. ..
sorry my english
What about Malwarebytes, many users combine it with other antivirus like Kaspersky?
If you use Kaspersky internet security, then you won't need Malwarebytes. I have been using it for more than 3 years and I never had a virus issue. Everything I throw at it gets blocked right away.
@@mr.mastermind4840 try autokms many left over, use malwarebytes for it script block with qbittorrent got a lot of trojan attack, just to say love kaspersky its very good but not waterproof.
one piece of adware attempting to get past bitdefender, kaspersky, avast, avira, sophos, norton, (insert other av's here)
(mission impossible music)
Have you tried with ESET Online scanner? Or with Malwarebytes/ adwcleaner?
Can Malwarebytes and a AV program work together? I should say, is this combo ok, or will there be issues?
Malwarebytes is an antimalware. If you have free versión, i recommend you installing an antivirus. But if you have premium versión, i think is enough
@@fam7085 My computer started bluescreening after installing Kaspersky along with malwarebytes. Kaspersky warned me not to have malwarebytes installed along with it. I ignored that but once I started getting a bluescreen( sorry can't remember what it specifically said)I just uninstalled Malwarebytes and the issue went away. (Malwarebytes was the premium but almost at the end of its subscription)
Wish i could show this video and rub in into people who feel like they are IT Experts and installs avg, avira & SMADAV
Can you test "Kaspersky 2021" please??
surely two root kits on your comp is better than one.
The title says "can" and the thumbnail says "should". There is a big difference between a can and a should.
The video discusses both.
avast offline and malwarebytes can be run with another antivirus beacuse they don't have realtime protection
i recently encountered malware that turns my chrome into a youtube like bot and it is a mess to fix it cuz non of my antivirus detected it
i had avast free addition antivirus on my computer and tred to install avg fee addition to make it a pro. but it seized my computer instead .iwas wantiing to uninstall avast after i completed avg pro with my paid sbscription.
Before i watch this video i was thinking i have eset and kaspersky im now really safe but i know now its not that much safe before watching this video my eset was not updating and i uninstalled it because i want to instal kaspersky on computer and eset was not uninstaling and i downloaded kaspersky and i did click on delete eset internet security and after uninstaling eset was still on my system and my system is stronger now some how and i dont have any problem like kaspersky thinks eset is third party when it was scaning websites or something
Hi i need a great antivirus that has low system impact for gaming can u recommend me one please?
Get segurazo
GhostsPresence nice try
@@ben4041 I think Bitdefender is light enough.Idk another very light AV,maybe Malwarebytes?
So what is the answer
using two antivirus isnt optimal but using more than more than 1 anti malware is great
Do you have a video trying out SMADAV?
Smadav is the only AV i trusted lol