Microsoft Security Essentials ranked second last in AV-Test's

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  1. Posts : 375
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64-bit
       #10

    my own opinon, dont trust m$ they still cant make there OS correctly (STILL) avira all the way.
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  2. Posts : 1,927
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
       #11

    The problem is "the best" keeps changing. One year brand A is great and brand B is garbage. The next year B is great and A is garbage. Norton, as an example used to set the standard for protection, then you were crazy to have it on your machine, now they are coming back again.

    To keep the best protection on your machine you would have to change your software every 6 months. No one company seems to be able to reach the top and stay on top.
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  3. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #12

    Runckle_SP1 said:
    Only a chump uses the internet regularly uses MSE...
    Fact!
    That makes me a first-class chump then.

    I've been using it since it was offered as an update, I haven't disabled UAC and run Malwarebytes regularly.

    To be fair, it's free software and I certainly wouldn't pay for something like Norton or McAfee, which comes bundled with the major manufacturers' new computers.
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  4. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #13

    richyrichuk said:
    my own opinon, dont trust m$ they still cant make there OS correctly (STILL) avira all the way.
    Why not really make a change and run OSX or Linux then?
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  5. Posts : 18
    windows seven beta 7000
       #14

    fireberd said:
    Who is to say who's is really good or bad? I remember seeing an article where MSE finished tied at the top in a test.

    I use MSE and recommend it to my clients (and most are using it without problems).
    pMaybe MSE runs without problem, But this can be due to inability of MSE to find a problem/virus/malware...
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  6.    #15

    This is the place where we help fight some of the most serious infections - those which have completely locked up the OS often requiring wiping to clean reinstall.

    The AV's which let these slip by are rarely MSE or Avast but more often the paid bloatware AV's.
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    Posts : 38
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit / Ubuntu Linux 11.04
       #16

    richyrichuk said:
    my own opinon, dont trust m$ they still cant make there OS correctly (STILL) avira all the way.
    Well, not to troll but, why are you still using Windows then?

    I've used windows, linux and osx. They have their strengths, and weaknesses. Since Microsoft has the majority of the market, everyone easily sees its faults and is quick to judge them.

    To make it clear, I'm not defending Microsoft, I actually use Ubuntu Linux more at home and mostly Windows at work.
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  8. Posts : 8,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
       #17

    I left MSE a long time ago, it did not even manage to give me the protection I needed
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  9. Posts : 375
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64-bit
       #18

    Xhi said:
    richyrichuk said:
    my own opinon, dont trust m$ they still cant make there OS correctly (STILL) avira all the way.
    Well, not to troll but, why are you still using Windows then?

    I've used windows, linux and osx. They have their strengths, and weaknesses. Since Microsoft has the majority of the market, everyone easily sees its faults and is quick to judge them.

    To make it clear, I'm not defending Microsoft, I actually use Ubuntu Linux more at home and mostly Windows at work.
    1 word. games.

    i do have linux on several other machines. i would have a mac also, but u cant play most modern games, can play some but not all.
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  10. Posts : 1,927
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
       #19

    yowanvista said:
    I left MSE a long time ago, it did not even manage to give me the protection I needed
    If you don't mind me asking, what do you use?
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