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Having multiple anti virus programs on your computer can cause them to interfere with each other, making them both obsolete. There are some anti virus programs you can run together that won't cause this to happen. It is best to only have one anti virus on your computer.

Try looking at some higher end virus removal programs such as: Kaspersky, Bit Defender, and NOD32. All three of those are very good programs.

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