Dear Mary,

My understanding of the way anti-virus programs work is that one can 
only have one of them installed at any one time. Trying to install 
two, even if only one will be used at a time, will create serious 
conflicts. Recommend you don't even try it!

As a long time user of AVG I can recommend it - it's very easy to 
use, runs quietly and efficiently, and is, of course, free (for a 
single user and non-commercial use). It seems to be very thorough 
indeed. I moved to AVG some years ago when my paid-for Norton's 
upgrade refused to work properly, and have never regretted the change.

By the way, the free version of AVG is not readily available on the 
regular AVG site - what is free there is 30-day trial of their 
paid-for version, which has a few more features - AVG has a separate 
site for the truly free version, and the link is

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

Good luck -   =         Cheeta
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At 10:09 AM 5/10/2008, Camerons wrote:
>Thanks for the suggestions.  However, my ISP only turns on the 
>spam/junk mail filter at the customer's request.  In my case it is 
>not activated.  I am using Windows Mail.
>
>I did a little more exploring and found that my Trend Micro 
>Antivirus does scan for spam, but I don't want to deactivate THAT 
>because I don't want any viruses to get through to my computer.  The 
>Trend site says that this particular program is compatible with all 
>versions of Windows EXCEPT my Vista!  Now this program was installed 
>in my computer at time of purchase so you'd think they would have 
>know what was going to work with Vista.
>
>Is it possible to successfully download and install a SECOND 
>antivirus program, such as AVG, and simply not use the already 
>installed Trend Micro, unless the AVG has been temporarily turned 
>off?  That would give me a double shot at catching any viruses.  I 
>know you can't have them both running at the same time.
>
>Or should I simply get rid of the Trend Micro and DL AVG?  Is their 
>email virus scanning thorough?
>
>Thanks any and all.
>Mary
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