I’m often asked to remove viruses and other forms of malware from ailing computers, and many of those machines are running two or more antivirus programs at once.

The problem is, when it comes to virus scanners, more is not a good thing. I know that probably sounds like it can’t be true, but it really is.

Before I discuss why that is, here’s a quick overview of the two primary types of anti-malware programs:  [Read more…]