Because 2 active AV's can conflict with each other and make your system become unstable if they decide to fight with each other.how is it terrible, each have strong points, and I think it helps...
Then it's probably not a driver issue if it's doing it in Linux as well - possibly a hardware issue.BTW : back there, in the lost comments of last month, I have already tried everything you said, I have deleted drivers, rebooted, updated drivers, rebooted again, I even tried using the not-completely-compatible ones just because I REALLY want it to work again...
AND I dual-booted my PC with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, because "Why not??", and even in there, it doesn't work...
Ditch AVG - they've become as bloated as McAfee and Norton these days. Ideally, keep Avast or switch to Avira. Either work well, and the free versions will be fine.PS : I have AVG (an upgraded version), but Avast! is only the free version. which should I keep?? (sorry if i'm flying off the main topic a little)
PPS: I don't wanna give up MBAM, as I feel it is a good backup...
Didn't say to remove MBAM - it's fine, as it usually won't conflict with an AV. Especially if you only have the free version, which doesn't have an active-scanner.