It has always been my practice having two anti-virus on my computer due to the fact that most antivirus vendors these days lacks the ability to detect and clean all of the known viruses. This is true even when I have the most updated version of my software with the latest virus definitions on it. To keep myself protected I always make it a habit to install “two” anti-virus in one machine instead of having only one which is a common practice by most users.

The first software is for real-time background scanning and the other one is for on-demand scanning.

Your always ON antivirus is a must have for your computer. It runs in the background to check almost every file your computer writes and reads. One example of a good anti-virus that can do the job is Avast! 4 Home Edition, it is free and the company behind it Alwil has been in the market since 1988.

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Second is your ON-DEMAND scanner which acts like a utility. This anti-virus only runs when you do a manual scan or if you set it to run on a certain time. The only anti-virus I can recommend for this is Clamwin.

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Here’s a personal trick I’d like to share to everyone. Make the most of the said two anti-virus by doing a scan using Clamwin while Avast is enabled in the background. Why do this? I call this “aided scanning” wherein Clamwin helps Avast scan and detect viruses which the later cannot detect by itself alone. This technique really works because Clamwin is designed to do so..

Some points to take note from the makers of Clamwin

ClamWin should be used only as a complimentary scanner.

You don’t need to disable ClamWin Free Antivirus as it does not yet include on-access scanner. It won’t conflict with the software you are trying to install.