VIRUS SOFTWARE - HOW SAFE IS TOO SAFE

 Recently, I had occasion to assist someone with their computer.  It was running very slow and loading applications very slowly.  Normally, this is a symptom of older versions of Windows.  Specifically pre Windows 7.  However this was a Windows 10 machine, so it shouldn't have been a problem.

After reviewing his installed applications we discovered he had 3 installed virus applications.

You might think that having more than one will really make you safe.  However, what was happening is all 3 of these applications were running at the same time actively scanning the drive for problems.  Because of this the system was bogged down.

We removed 2 of them and the system started functioning a lot better.

While we were working on this problem, an email came in for a 4th virus software saying the registration was being renewed.  Luckily it wasn't installed.

My advice.  Stick to 1 scanner.  They all do pretty much the same thing.  Just in different ways.  Adding more virus scanners doesn't give you more protection.  Just more headaches.