Hello Derek,
We can understand that you need to check if Microsoft essentials conflicts with AVG Ultimate or not. We would like to inform you that it is advised not to keep more than one anti virus program on your computer because it keep conflict the other anti virus from installation and protection. So please uninstall all the third party Anti virus programs and reinstall AVG Ultimate using the steps provided in this link http://avgread.me/19OHofR .
Thank you.
I have Windows 10 with latest Defender Essentials (or whatever it's called) pre-loaded. Do I have to uninstall it to install AVG Ultimate or can I just pause Defender whilst AVG loads.
Hello Derek,
We can understand that you need to check if Microsoft essentials conflicts with AVG Ultimate or not. We would like to inform you that it is advised not to keep more than one anti virus program on your computer because it keep conflict the other anti virus from installation and protection. So please uninstall all the third party Anti virus programs and reinstall AVG Ultimate using the steps provided in this link http://avgread.me/19OHofR .
Thank you.
Derek, From Win 8 onwards Windows Defender was re-classified as an AntiVirus prog which can conflict with AVG. During the AVG installation process Defender should be auto disabled.
Standard info… Windows Defender is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a free antispyware program download for Windows XP, shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7 and made into a full antivirus program replacing Microsoft Security Essentials as part of Windows 8 and later versions.
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