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09-29-2009
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#31 | |
Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult |
Quote: Originally Posted by QuackPot  I've downloaded this and it's been doing a scan for over an hour and it's only at 10% or so. :| A full scan will take a while, especially if you have a lot of stuff on your system. You might want to stop the scan and then do an on-line scan with Kapersky - Free Virus Scan - Kaspersky Lab or ESET - Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner. I did that, and then set MSE to do quick scans daily. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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09-29-2009
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#32 | |
Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult |
Quote: Originally Posted by ratePV What will other security companies say to this?
MS has released a secure, reliable, fast and FREE AV software?
Can we expect Kaspersky AV Free edition , NOD32 Free...etc... That should be interesting. I suspect that they will continue to tout their excellent programs, without going the free route.
I don't see Microsoft killing them, just winging them a bit.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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09-29-2009
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#33 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by TheSchaft
Quote: Originally Posted by QuackPot I've downloaded this and it's been doing a scan for over an hour and it's only at 10% or so. :| A full scan will take a while, especially if you have a lot of stuff on your system. You might want to stop the scan and then do an on-line scan with Kapersky - Free Virus Scan - Kaspersky Lab or ESET - Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner. I did that, and then set MSE to do quick scans daily.
Also note he is on a laptop with a 5400rpm hd. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU Intel E8400 3GHz
Motherboard Intel DX48BT2
Memory Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays 2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 on two monitors
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case Thermaltake Armor
Cooling Scythe Mugen II
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
Internet Speed 8128/443
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09-29-2009
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#34 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 |
Quick scans generally take no longer then 15 minutes for me, full maybe an hour? Never paid to much attention.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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09-29-2009
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#35 | |
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yeah I love how it actually is a quick scan. No more than 10 minutes, compared to other vendors 'quick' scans of half an hour or more. And that was just just the first install scan, every subsequent scan has been shorter! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 1545
OS Windows 7 build 7100 x86
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz
Motherboard GM45 chipset
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card Intel(TM) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
Sound Card Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" WLED 720p
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 320GB 5400rpm hard drive
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09-29-2009
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#36 | |
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It took about an hour to do a full scan with about 700,000 files. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Zen Productions
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i7-860
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
PSU Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case Antec p183
Cooling Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
Internet Speed 768 mb/s
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09-29-2009
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#37 | |
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MSE did not even detect the famous mywebsearch toolbar.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 GHz
Motherboard Intel 965 express mobile chipset
Memory 3 GB DR 2 @ 667 MHz
Graphics Card Onboard with approx 512 MB RAM
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 15"4 inch widescreen
Hard Drives 160 GB SATA WD.
Internet Speed sucks
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09-29-2009
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#38 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh MSE did not even detect the famous mywebsearch toolbar. Whats that?  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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09-29-2009
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#39 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 |
Hi Dinesh,
Although I and a lot of other people class this item as undesirable, including some antispyware companies - the actual status is open to dispute as it is actually supplied by some major OEM's such as HP and Dell MyWay Searchbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edit Hi DNG Too  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer)
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Aspire M3400
Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB
Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit)
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit)
PSU Stock (400W)
Case Acer M3400
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed
Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle
Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s)
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86)
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09-29-2009
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#40 | |
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Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer
Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh MSE did not even detect the famous mywebsearch toolbar. Whats that? Let me google that for you | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 GHz
Motherboard Intel 965 express mobile chipset
Memory 3 GB DR 2 @ 667 MHz
Graphics Card Onboard with approx 512 MB RAM
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 15"4 inch widescreen
Hard Drives 160 GB SATA WD.
Internet Speed sucks
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