Microsoft Security Essentials 2 - any reason to use anything else?
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This could be true....which is why its good to also keep other stuff with it like Superantispyware and Malwarebytes.....if you have those, you'll usually be able to detect/remove pretty much everything :)
Plus installing the Web Of Trust browser add-on (compatible w/IE, FF, Opera, Chrome) is a great way to avoid the bad websites :), I would never browse without it only if I have to (ex. on a school computer). A necessary add-on that IMHO should be on every computer....
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MSE touts real-time but I have had it pass malware that it did not detect until I did a backup or manual scan. It does find them, but the real-time protection seems kinda weak to me. Maybe that is why it seems less "heavy" on resources than others.
The free version of Malwaebytes' Anti-Malware does not have real-time protection. So unless you have the full paid version, that is why it seems weak to you.
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That video makes me kind of worried to have MSE on my computer....it did block a trojan once though, I was just browsing through pictures on Google Images, clicked on one and it blocked it and then it popped up that it found a Trojan in Firefox's cache....
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I've heard lots of good things about MSE but I never tried it myself since I'm always a Kaspersky user. I don't think there is any antivirus and any internet security can stand up on its own, well for a start there is no such thing as perfect detection and prevention. I do have MBAM Pro together with KIS 2011 and if I decided to stop having KIS 2011 tomorrow and go for MSE instead, I still have MBAM Pro.
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MSE touts real-time but I have had it pass malware that it did not detect until I did a backup or manual scan. It does find them, but the real-time protection seems kinda weak to me. Maybe that is why it seems less "heavy" on resources than others.
The free version of Malwaebytes' Anti-Malware does not have real-time protection. So unless you have the full paid version, that is why it seems weak to you.
Hold up : Gene is talking about MSE, you are talking about MBAM - these are two different bits of software.
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MSE touts real-time but I have had it pass malware that it did not detect until I did a backup or manual scan. It does find them, but the real-time protection seems kinda weak to me. Maybe that is why it seems less "heavy" on resources than others.
The free version of Malwaebytes' Anti-Malware does not have real-time protection. So unless you have the full paid version, that is why it seems weak to you.
Hold up : Gene is talking about MSE, you are talking about MBAM - these are two different bits of software.
Wow, I feel retarded, for some reason I read that as him saying MBAM.....sorry.
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Hi McDougal,
If MSE works great for you, then you are absolutely correct : there is no need to change at all.
This is something that many of us tend to forget : "If it works for me (protects my system), then I have no need to consider a change."
Regards,
Golden
Yep 
, no need to add anything here.
(**Edited**)...For example, Malware bytes finds nothing more than an tracking cookie, here or there.
For my knowledge, MBAM lacks this only feature of detecting cookies!
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Maybe that is why it seems less "heavy" on resources than others.
What others have you tried on the same system?
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