Help, Please
Please advise is it okay to install more than one security suite. My ISP provides free McAfee Suit on multiple computers.
It has been my understanding that I should not install more than one AV program. But what about these security suites that include other seemingly useful features?
If I did install a second security suite, which portions would I have to disable in order to avoid problems.
Would disabling certain features be enough to avoid problems?
More than one opinion and the credentials of the adviser would be appreciated. I mean no affront. I just need to be diligent.
Can you provide the name of Second AV name??
Provide name of both suites & their modules to see if there is anything conflicting
If you do want to disable the AV then why on earth you want to install it? And what "useful features" are you talking about?
Look 2 security suits won't give you 200% security and moreover you are bound to face some conflicts between the two. I am also sure the useful features which you are talking about are available in standalone applications. So I think (I am sure) installing 2 security suits will be a lame decision.
If you are not sure about your security suit or too paranoid then I think you can just add one anti-keylogger along with your security suit. I think that will make your security setup complete.
In general, only one should handle "resident protection", though occasionally some will coexixt successfully if covering different areas (eg. one is weblink protection, the other file).
When scanning with the second one, it also helps to disengage resident protection of the main one, otherwise you run into a similar problem with both the on demand scan and the on-access detection wanting to handle it.
I would not suggest to install McAfee, i have deployed a few hundreds and i'm not satisfied with it (medium level security and very heavy on systems), but the end user wants it.
Security means different layers of protection. You can be protected even with no AV installed but this is another story...
In general you can have:
- firewall
- anti-virus
- anti-spam
- anti-phishing
- ID protection
- host intrusion prevention system (HIPS)
- url filtering and rating
- data loss prevention (DLP)
- file protection
- anti keyloggers
- parental control
- system compliance profilers
- sandboxing
and many others. As you can see, it is not easy to reply to your question without knowing your products.
Keep in mind some products do things better than others and viceversa and 1 product cannot offer a complete protection (although a complete protection doesn't exist in the real world) and you must evaluate your choices carefully.