Necessary to uninstall BD to try NOD?

[JerryM]

I am currently using Bit Defender 9.0, and it is a good AV. I do not have any complaints. However, I am considering going to KAV or NOD when my license expires.

Would I have to uninstall BD to trial NOD or could I just disable it with WinPatrol, and try NOD?

Would NOD be easy to uninstall after the trial if I decided to stay with BD?

Thanks,
Jerry

[Farbod]

Originally Posted by JerryM

I am currently using Bit Defender 9.0, and it is a good AV. I do not have any complaints. However, I am considering going to KAV or NOD when my license expires.

Would I have to uninstall BD to trial NOD or could I just disable it with WinPatrol, and try NOD?

Would NOD be easy to uninstall after the trial if I decided to stay with BD?

Thanks,
Jerry

1. in each PC only one resident! (and other same components, like http scan)

2. yes, only a few clicks...

You can PM me your email address and expiry date of your bitdefender license, I'll send you a ...

[JerryM]

Forbod,
Thanks.
I am not sure I understand " in each PC only one resident! (and other same components, like http scan)."
As I understand it, one could disable one AV and run only one at a time and they would not conflict. WinPatrol provides the option of disabling a program at start-up and it would seem that by doing that either program could be used as desired. Is that correct?

However, I did ask the same question re KIS and was told that I would have to uninstall BD before downloading KIS.

I am not displeased with BD, and it has done everything that was needed to protect my machine. I guess I just wonder about anything that has a higher detection rate, as do NOD and KAV.

Thanks.
Jerry

[ronjor]

To avoid conflicts, I would uninstall BD. Otherwise, you may find yourself wondering why you are having problems.
NOD is an easy install/uninstall. None easier that I know of.
[Uninstalling NOD will leave the Eset folder in Program Files. Right click the folder and delete after uninstalling]

[Farbod]

I think your problem solved with my PM reply

To be honest, it seems that NOD32 is one of the few(if not the only one) programs that unistalls properly, without leaving junk in the registry.