Eset NOD 32v4 or Microsoft Security Essentials

Charles Kane said:

I think that there is currently no definitive answer to the question. MSE is, at least partially, an unknown quantity. It is already getting good reviews from authoritative sources - such as:

AV-Test GmbH tested Microsoft Security Essentials, the free software Microsoft launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, putting it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm's two managers. The malware was culled from the most recent WildList, a list of threats actually actively attacking computers.
"All files were properly detected and treated by the product," said Marx in an e-mail. "That's good, as several other [antivirus] scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of these critters yet."
AV-Test also measured Security Essentials against a set of in-house false positives to see whether the software mistakenly fingers legitimate files, a nightmare for users, who can be left with a crippled computer, and a disaster to the reputation of a security company.
"None of the clean files were flagged as being malicious," noted Marx. "Very good."

(quoted from Computerworld)

Also in its favour is that it runs flawlessly in 7 (and I'd say has a good simple GUI too)

Eset is well established and gets reasonable results from authoritative sources. Not the very best but pretty good. An example is the above reported AV-Test GmbH. This chart should give everyone with their favorites hours of fun - 34 AVs Compared.

Eset has IMO an excellent GUI and runs "quietly".

So both are good solid alternatives.

I know many will scream blue murder but I run them both! Neither complains about the other, neither or even both use much in the way of resources. Still I can't be sure this is a good idea.

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What I have learnt re AV and Win7 is this:

• Not all AV solutions work in 7
• Some AV solutions work flawlessly (Eset, MSE, Avast and, I think Avira)(there are probably others)
• Most AV solutions are pretty good at what they do and none are perfect.
• A few AV solutions are below par and there are better options.
• We should all worry LESS about this "problem"

I run them both as well and they both play nice together.
Ken

I run NOD32 but only because it was 70% off its regular price on NCIX.

Once my subscription runs out, however, I'll give MSE a good look.

I'm all for ESET SS, really like the FW an method to set. #1 in my book. Also FREE 100%. a friend of mine in the PENTAGON gives me license ... They switched from Symantec Corp. some yrs ago. I'm testing MSE (by it self), how else can you give it a FAIR evaluation. PS: 99.9% of the articles written by - are PAID AD's.
I STILL THINK IT IS BAD TO RUN 2 OR MORE FIREWALLS OR ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME.