Privacy, Security & Virus Information

The Debate Continues:
Do I Need One or Two Anti-Virus Programmes?

These days a computer owner and/or operator have to be ever aware of the fact that their private information is under constant threat from attack. And these attacks can come from several directions and in many forms. Once something that could be taken fairly lightly, anti-virus protection is now a thing that needs to be taken very seriously. There are currently three separate issues that need to be addressed when protecting a computer against malware. The first is to have powerful firewalls installed on every computer which is a default, and after that to have powerful enough software that can handle both spyware and viruses. In case anyone tells you different, computers require both anti-spyware and anti-virus protection.

The debate is whether any virus protection software is capable of offering sufficient protection against both. While there is no specific answer, depending on exactly what you're doing, most computers should need only one of each, and dependent on the strength and versatility of the software, one should be more than sufficient. The mistake that many computer owners make is failing to believe that there is no single programme that will catch all viruses or spyware. Instead they install two programmes which, in certain cases, do provide the solution. However downloading and installing two programs that are incompatible to each other can be at best counter- productive and at worst catastrophic both in terms of virus and spyware protection and the computer's general operation.

First of all, most anti-virus programs, when you install them, operate and enable real-time monitors. Sometimes running two or more real-time anti-virus monitors simultaneously will more than likely cause them to conflict. Conflicts in a computer are not something that you want to happen and will create crashes of the anti-virus programs, among a wide list of other types of failure.

Summing up: the simplest path to take when contemplating how best to protect your computer and the valuable information it contains is to place your faith in McAfee, the industry leaders in virus protection.

 
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