Using multiple virus scanners on the same system?

**FromTheRafters[_2_]**

"Root Kit" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:54:28 -0500, Leythos
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:22:03 -0500, Neil Jones
wrote:

What is the best way to use 2 or more virus scanners on the same
system?
I want one of AV scaaners to be the primary AV scanner (resident).
The
other AV scanners I would like to use them from a bootable CD or as an
application and execute on-demand only. Some scanners seem to be more
current than others. So I would like to know if anyone has done this
on
Windows Vista without hurting the system.

You've gotten answers to question from others, but I just wanted to
recommend that instead of using two virus scanners, you get and use
just one--the best one available, which in my view is NOD32.

And yet we've all proven, time and time again, that no single AV product
protects you from everything.

And yet we've all proven, time and time again, that AV products really
don't provide solid protection against anything.

....and once the law of diminishing returns is figured in, more software
will only reduce security.

**Leythos[_2_]**

In article ,
says...
And yet we've all proven, time and time again, that AV products really
don't provide solid protection against anything.

...and once the law of diminishing returns is figured in, more software
will only reduce security.

Depends, I tend to install a couple manual scanners, then uninstall them
after testing. I only use manual scanners from sources I trust.

What I've found, time and time again, is that each scanner will detect
things that the others don't, that no single scanner, even active, will
catch everything, and that it takes a LOT more than just a scanner
(active or not) to keep a system clean.

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