I have used both programs also never had any issues but i do use the free programme of MBAM With AVG but i did notice that some pup files malware did get past AVG and the free version of MBAM caught it… Some things do get past AVG or Mcafee but MBAM always catches it but once i did have a problem with MBAM where it wouldn't load up scanned with AVG and a virus that was aimed at MBAM was found stopping programme to load MBAM and AVG have the same particulars they both look for Malware but MBAM seems to run faster and looks for everything i think AVG needs to update it's Malware versions or be looking for those pup files that seem to get past it all in all i would give AVG a rating of 4 out of 5 ***'s Mbam a Rating of 5 out 5 ***'s… I'd stil use them both but make sure they don't scan at same time as said above mentioned they do slow pc's running speed when scanning…
This kinda bums me out. AVG use to be the type of company that could play well with others. Now I have to basically lose money on my malwarebytes subscription JUST BECAUSE AVG ISN"T GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION. C'mon guys, you're making AVG MORE of a hassel and COSTING YOUR CUSTOMERS MONEY. I just upped my malwarebytes subscription and have the better part of a year left. Which I now have to disable and flush that money because of you're attention tantrum. Not cool guys, you need to man up. Perhaps I'll just save me some money and go with bit defender. Or Macaffee. I'm closer to the end of my subscription with AVG than I am with malware bytes.
Man up people. Get your S*8t together.
"Please be informed that it is always not recommended to install two antivirus program in your computer"
Excuse me? Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program. I am amazed you would make a statement like that when the facts do not support your statement.
The beauty of AVG was that it ran side-by-side with Malwarebytes without a problem. My computer was well protected. Now you seem intent on joining the rest of the anti-virus companies in driving Malwarebytes out
I'm with Adam P on this. AVG used to be the best at preventing problems and now AVG is the problem.
Maybe Malwarebytes should move up to being a full anti-virus and not just a malware scanner. Something tells me they might be better at it than everyone else.
What the hell is the matter with you guys? You used be really good, now you seem to be sucking and your canned responses to be peoples problems with your "new" way of doing things is appalling.
I am 100% in the same position as Greg Dyer. I have used AVG and Malwarebytes simultaneously and smoothly for years.
The last couple of "forced", unauthorized and uninvited updates have been nothing but trouble and distraction. Exactly what anti virus/anti-malware programs are supposed to prevent.
The first major problem cost me a couple of days screwing around with the firewall.
Now this? You guys are starting ti suck at what you do and how you do it.
Malwarebytes catches the things that AVG doesn't and that makes (made) them a great pairing.
You guys used to be the best at preventing the problems and now you are the problem.
I do not trust AVG enough, especially now, to catch everything on its own.
Please, either tell me how to apply exceptions so that AVG and Malwarebytes will run together as before OR give me my money back and I will find a less disruptive solution.
I will await your canned response with a link to some stupid article telling me how to uninstall Malwarebytes. (That was sarcasm in case you didn't get that either)
Hello Louis,
Please be informed that the Malwarebyte program will conflict with the functionalities of the AVG program. Please have a look at this article http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Applications-in-conflict-with-AVG to know about the conflict's of the AVG program. Please feel free to contact us for further assistance.
Thank you.
What the hell is the matter with you guys? You used be really good, now you seem to be sucking and your canned responses to be peoples problems with your "new" way of doing things is appalling.
I am 100% in the same position as Greg Dyer. I have used AVG and Malwarebytes simultaneously and smoothly for years.
The last couple of "forced", unauthorized and uninvited updates have been nothing but trouble and distraction. Exactly what anti virus/anti-malware programs are supposed to prevent.
The first major problem cost me a couple of days screwing around with the firewall.
Now this? You guys are starting ti suck at what you do and how you do it.
Malwarebytes catches the things that AVG doesn't and that makes (made) them a great pairing.
You guys used to be the best at preventing the problems and now you are the problem.
I do not trust AVG enough, especially now, to catch everything on its own.
Please, either tell me how to apply exceptions so that AVG and Malwarebytes will run together as before OR give me my money back and I will find a less disruptive solution.
I will await your canned response with a link to some stupid article telling me how to uninstall Malwarebytes. (That was sarcasm in case you didn't get that either)
I have been using AVG as my antivirus and MBAM for malware protection since the two products first appeared. I have been very happy with the protection.
Now, suddenly, I am being informed that the two prams will conflict with each other. No announcement that the product was changing. You just pushed an upgrade that caused this conflict.
I wish I could say I trust your malware protection but since I had no inkling you were looking at integrating this function, I have serious doubts about the efficacy of your program.
Hello IQ Tech,
I completely understand your concern. I'll surly pass your information to our senior team and also I request you to submit a product feedback form here (https://www.avg.com/product-feedback), it will reach to our developer team and they will definitely look into your suggestions. However, you can follow the instruction in Malwarebytes (Open MalwareBytes > Settings -> Scroll down Windows Action Center, > set the option to Never register Malwarebytes in the Windows Action Center). It will help you to run AVG Antivirus and Malwarebyte at the same time.
Best regards,
Alok.
I too have just discovered that the new update of my premium AVG protection is forcing me to make a choice between it and Malwarebytes premium both of which I have been using for at least a couple years, and using the free version for probably ten years before that.
I agree with the poster above that AVG has changed enormously, monetizing itself in an obtrusive way, pushing itself in increasing numbers of pop-up ads that try to use scare tactics to sell products above and beyond the premium product.
I have just spent the better part of four hours searching forums for an answer, speaking with a phone rep whom I could not understand, then participating in an online chat with another person but have found out the folowing:
1. AVG has, by itself and as a push to make more money, without warning, made its premium product incompatible with premium Malwarebytes despite no previous such issues for individuals running both products without issues.
2. You will be told, if you complain, that it is not advised to run two anti-virus programs. It doesn't matter to AVG that it is THEY who have created the problem!
3. You are not entitled to a prorated refund for the remainder of your AVG premium subscription that they have rendered unuseable in a push to blackmail you into dropping Malwarebytes. THIS IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL!
AVG is good for viruses but has NO track record on other malware such as ransomware, while Malwarebytes does. On more than one occasion Malwarebytes has found things that AVG did not. Sine AVG is forcing me to make the choice I am choosing Malwarebytes.
I have always highly recommended AVG to anyone and everyone but I will of course no longer do this. On the contrary I intend to warn everyone I know to be very careful in using this company at all given the fact that they have consciously cheated what must amount to many thousands of their paying customers by changing the rules of the game then pointing out the new rules of the game as a reason why they don't have to refund any subscription profits.
If you have arrived at this forum discussion seeking answers for why your AVG has suddenly stopped working and has gone into passive mode using red font to warn you that you are unprotected in an attempt to force you to disable your premium Malwarebytes I recommend that you do what I'm going to do-- LEAVE AVG and find something else.
Adam,
For a solution see https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/212060-avg-wants-you-to-uninstall/
I too have just discovered that the new update of my premium AVG protection is forcing me to make a choice between it and Malwarebytes premium both of which I have been using for at least a couple years, and using the free version for probably ten years before that.
I agree with the poster above that AVG has changed enormously, monetizing itself in an obtrusive way, pushing itself in increasing numbers of pop-up ads that try to use scare tactics to sell products above and beyond the premium product.
I have just spent the better part of four hours searching forums for an answer, speaking with a phone rep whom I could not understand, then participating in an online chat with another person but have found out the folowing:
1. AVG has, by itself and as a push to make more money, without warning, made its premium product incompatible with premium Malwarebytes despite no previous such issues for individuals running both products without issues.
2. You will be told, if you complain, that it is not advised to run two anti-virus programs. It doesn't matter to AVG that it is THEY who have created the problem!
3. You are not entitled to a prorated refund for the remainder of your AVG premium subscription that they have rendered unuseable in a push to blackmail you into dropping Malwarebytes. THIS IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL!
AVG is good for viruses but has NO track record on other malware such as ransomware, while Malwarebytes does. On more than one occasion Malwarebytes has found things that AVG did not. Sine AVG is forcing me to make the choice I am choosing Malwarebytes.
I have always highly recommended AVG to anyone and everyone but I will of course no longer do this. On the contrary I intend to warn everyone I know to be very careful in using this company at all given the fact that they have consciously cheated what must amount to many thousands of their paying customers by changing the rules of the game then pointing out the new rules of the game as a reason why they don't have to refund any subscription profits.
If you have arrived at this forum discussion seeking answers for why your AVG has suddenly stopped working and has gone into passive mode using red font to warn you that you are unprotected in an attempt to force you to disable your premium Malwarebytes I recommend that you do what I'm going to do-- LEAVE AVG and find something else.
Louis / IQ Tech, If you look @ the link provided Kishore (AVG Technologies) you'll see that the conflict applies to the Malwarebytes 'paid for' version & not the 'free' version.
AVG Guru
This may be 3 yrs after the last posting but AVG hasnt changed one bit. I have run paid scripts of both AVG and MWBytes also, with NO problems, for yrs on an OLD computer running Windows 7. The ONLY issue was MWB caught some BIG problem pups as well as many other pups, along with catching some RANSOMWARE that AVG missed. I should not have to set this and set that , or uninstall whatever to make AVG pick up security problems. I didnt hv to with MWB. Just set up a new PC 17 days ago with windows then reloaded all my other programs. Malware ran great on every diff scan. Went through AVG reinstall, but program didnt install. Ended up calling AVG, got disconnected 2X, spoke to 3 C Svc reps. Even tho the reps seemed to try as much as possible to gelp, had no choice but to begrudginly allow remote access to get AVG running. AVG CAN'T claim they both cant run together, when they always did before on an OLD PC WITH OLD WINDOWS.
I too have used AVG & Malwarebytes for years, very successfully & happily, on two desktops. Then each computer started freezing completely, right after the AVG upgrade was pushed out (I neither wanted nor asked for it). Then chaos until I uninstalled AVG, which solved the problem.
The ironic thing is that things worked fine as long as my firewall (I'm still using ZoneAlarm) kept the AVG update from loading successfully a few weeks ago. The AVG definitions updated daily, virus scans went smoothly, and Malwarebytes worked well, as always.
Only when I unintentionally let the AVG upgrade slip through the firewall a few weeks did this chaos ensue – the result of an application update I didn't want or request.
I'd love to keep using both, but since I've had to choose, I'm keeping Malwarebytes and looking for an alternative to AVG. I particularly resent you pushing out an upgrade when you knew it would cause these problems, without giving any clear notice. From my point-of-view, it was AVG that froze my computers and caused chaos, because both apps were working just fine until you did that.
That is why I cannot conceive of re-installing AVG. (I came to this site to see if there was a work-around, but now I see there is a basic incompatibility which I cannot get around – you are forcing me to choose.)
I have used both programs also never had any issues but i do use the free programme of MBAM With AVG but i did notice that some pup files malware did get past AVG and the free version of MBAM caught it… Some things do get past AVG or Mcafee but MBAM always catches it but once i did have a problem with MBAM where it wouldn't load up scanned with AVG and a virus that was aimed at MBAM was found stopping programme to load MBAM and AVG have the same particulars they both look for Malware but MBAM seems to run faster and looks for everything i think AVG needs to update it's Malware versions or be looking for those pup files that seem to get past it all in all i would give AVG a rating of 4 out of 5 ***'s Mbam a Rating of 5 out 5 ***'s… I'd stil use them both but make sure they don't scan at same time as said above mentioned they do slow pc's running speed when scanning…
I am using AVG free and also run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Home Premium and Malwarebytes Anti-exploit. So far – no issues. Are there any known conflicts with these programs?
Thanks,
Louis
Hello Louis,
Please be informed that the Malwarebyte program will conflict with the functionalities of the AVG program. Please have a look at this article http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=Applications-in-conflict-with-AVG to know about the conflict's of the AVG program. Please feel free to contact us for further assistance.
Thank you.
"Please be informed that it is always not recommended to install two antivirus program in your computer"
Excuse me? Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus program. I am amazed you would make a statement like that when the facts do not support your statement.
The beauty of AVG was that it ran side-by-side with Malwarebytes without a problem. My computer was well protected. Now you seem intent on joining the rest of the anti-virus companies in driving Malwarebytes out
I'm with Adam P on this. AVG used to be the best at preventing problems and now AVG is the problem.
Maybe Malwarebytes should move up to being a full anti-virus and not just a malware scanner. Something tells me they might be better at it than everyone else.
Daniel,
Please accept my apologies with regards to the AVG software not living up to your expectations.Our main goal is to keep our customers happy.
AVG carefully monitors the quality of our products and the service we provide, therefore all feedback from our customers is important to us. Appreciate you taking time to provide your valuable feedback.
@ Adam P
Adam, Please be informed that the free version of Malwarebytes doesn't have the resident protection hence there is no issue running together with AVG. However, the paid version of Malwarebytes has a resident protection which is causing AVG to run in passive mode. So I would request you to uninstall Malwarebytes to activate AVG on your PC or disable the Malwarebytes resident part.
AVG Guru