As another person said, what you need really depends upon what type of user you are. If you visit warez sites, porn sites, p2p sites, and the like...you probably want to invest in something a little stronger. If you don't do those types of things, you use a bit of common sense and keep up on the latest Windows patches....I'm sure the the MSE product will take care of all of your needs.
I fall into the latter category described above and plan to just use MSE. I don't really care if it's detection rate is a tad lower than something else...because I typically don't experience problems with spyware, malware and viruses anyway based on my computer usage.
I would also recommend adding on one of the site rating helpers, like Web of Trust or McAfee.
The bad guys are getting smarter, and it isn't just the questionable sites that you cite that can be a problem. I was suprised to see the number of animated screensaver sites that have a very bad reputation for malware.
There's been an interesting debate on the merit of scanning e-mail. One side takes the position that malware carried by e-mail cannot be used until it is extracted and therefore there is no need to slow things down as e-mail is received - just wait until the malware tries to go to memory or disk during extraction.
This begs the next question. Does MSE block scripts - like Melissa or IloveYou macro viruses?
I thought the simple act of opening an email, or having it shown in the reading pane (because that is an open email), was enough to trigger the script.
This begs the next question. Does MSE block scripts - like Melissa or IloveYou macro viruses?
I thought the simple act of opening an email, or having it shown in the reading pane (because that is an open email), was enough to trigger the script.
Good question. I haven't seen the details of what it has been tested against. That said, the script has to execute, and that is when, presumably, it will be caught.
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There's been an interesting debate on the merit of scanning e-mail. One side takes the position that malware carried by e-mail cannot be used until it is extracted and therefore there is no need to slow things down as e-mail is received - just wait until the malware tries to go to memory or disk during extraction.
This begs the next question. Does MSE block scripts - like Melissa or IloveYou macro viruses?
I thought the simple act of opening an email, or having it shown in the reading pane (because that is an open email), was enough to trigger the script.
I wondered the same if email was being scanned by MSE since I have used it since the beta and one of the mods in the Microsoft Security Essentials Forums answered it this way: "No, MSE will not scan emails inbound or outbound. It will watch memory if you attempt to launch an attachment." and also it is my understanding MSE scans inside your Outlook PST file for infected attachments so since I use Outlook 2007 I feel pretty confident in the protection MSE provides combined with using some common sense when opening emails
... "No, MSE will not scan emails inbound or outbound. It will watch memory if you attempt to launch an attachment." and also it is my understanding MSE scans inside your Outlook PST file for infected attachments...combined with using some common sense when opening emails...
Hi,
I have noticed something happening regarding the above upon which I need some
advice.
Almost daily, it is stating the my computer is "potentially unprotected" and asks for a scan. I do this and all is o'kay. I have my settings at scan every Friday but this thing is a...
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