Can I uninstall some of these Microsofts?

[VictorLouis]

GM, I've had several knowledgeable folks tell me that any attempt at installing another virus/malware program would be met with conflict BY MY NORTON? (or for that matter, whichever primary AV you have already on your PC). This program is safe for that?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

GM, I've had several knowledgeable folks tell me that any attempt at installing another virus/malware program would be met with conflict BY MY NORTON? (or for that matter, whichever primary AV you have already on your PC). This program is safe for that?

You want one firewall installed and up, one antivirus program installed and operating.
You do not want two of either installed and operating.

 

[GhostMutt]

GM, I've had several knowledgeable folks tell me that any attempt at installing another virus/malware program would be met with conflict BY MY NORTON? (or for that matter, whichever primary AV you have already on your PC). This program is safe for that?

To my knowledge for what that's worth, they do not interfere I run avast and my wife runs mcaffe, I have yet to have any conflict..but I cannot vouch for Norton. Malwarebytes shouldn't conflict at all because unlike CCleaner it does not run all the time. It is also very good at picking up ad/mal/spy ware which a lot of anti virus programs do not, especially those picked up while downloading 'teen' things Just a suggestion, if you are unsure then don't poke it with a stick. All I can say is that I use both along with avast and my machine has been running fine.
Ben

 

[RonJ]

I have had Silverlight disabled in my system for several months. Firefox recommended that I disable it because my memory usage was high. So if you don't want to delete it from your HD Firefox can disable it.

 

[Comrad]

 

[LouisianaJoe]

There is a lot of interaction between programs. If it aint broke, don't fix it. Removing software without knowing why it is there is asking for trouble. cccleaner is a good tool for removing the junk files that programs leave behind.

 

[quneur]

You could really screw up your teenager gamer by putting Linux on. Any .NET and redistributables won't work on Linux (neither will any Microsoft products). Hence, many of his games won't work. There are Linux games, many low cost but with the number of Linux users and the wealth of Linux games, many on-line games have minimal amount of players. Sorta defeats the purpose of interactions with 'massive multiplayer online (MMO)' type games.

 

[BruceB]

Achtung!
Alle touristen und non-technischen lookenpeepers!
Das machine is nicht fur fingerpoken und mittengrabben.
Is easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzen sparken.
Das machine is diggen by experten only.
Is nicht fur gerwerken by das dummkopfen.
Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das cottenpicken hands in das pockets.
Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights.

I haven't seen this in over 20 years, but it was funny then and still is! And very appropriate !

 

[pete lynch]

I have been using Linux on my personal PC for nearly 20 years. No virus assault or anything else.
It's not for everyone( teen gamers for example) but I would never use anything else.

 

[cmort666]

To my knowledge for what that's worth, they do not interfere I run avast and my wife runs mcaffe, I have yet to have any conflict..but I cannot vouch for Norton. Malwarebytes shouldn't conflict at all because unlike CCleaner it does not run all the time. It is also very good at picking up ad/mal/spy ware which a lot of anti virus programs do not, especially those picked up while downloading 'teen' things Just a suggestion, if you are unsure then don't poke it with a stick. All I can say is that I use both along with avast and my machine has been running fine.
Ben

I can't say it happens EVERY time, but in most of the cases where I've seen multiple anti-virus programs running on the same machine, they have interfered with each other. This includes multiple versions of the same product.

Malwarebytes isn't an anti-virus program, so in general, things like it and SuperAnti-Sypware don't conflict with an AV program. On the other hand running multiple anti-malware programs can cause interference between them.

 

[cmort666]

You want one firewall installed and up, one antivirus program installed and operating.
You do not want two of either installed and operating.

Except for laptops in dicey wireless environments, I don't like software firewalls.

In my experience, especially for unsophisticated users, software firewalls are problematic. They tend to block desired traffic, especially LANS, while asking what the user wants to do in highly cryptic terms.

What frequently ends up happening is that the FW asks the user questions he can't ask, and he ends up blocking necessary traffic or allowing harmful traffic.

Unless you're paranoid (and knowledgeable), a good quality router/firewall (properly configured, with the default password(s) changed) is a better choice.