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Running Windows Defender and AVG Free

faceman · 2009-08-12 13:14:39

I have a laptop which has both AVG Free and Windows Defender installed. Is there a need for both of them?

12-08-2009 1:14pm

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faceman

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I have a laptop which has both AVG Free and Windows Defender installed. Is there a need for both of them?

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#2 12-08-2009 2:08pm

booboobear

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ya ur better off keeping both

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#3 12-08-2009 2:11pm

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Yes keep both
AVg free just does anti virus and ms defender does spam/malware so both do different jobs.

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#4 12-08-2009 4:32pm

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Thanks for your feedback.

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