Why is it not recommended to have 2 antivirus programs running at the same time?

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Why is it not recommended to have 2 antivirus programs running at the same time?

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One reason is because AV programs actually can have copies of viruses on them so they know what to look for, or at least hashes of viruses. The other program also has a list of known viruses. So they look at each other and see a bunch of viruses and freak out.

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