MS Secutity

runestaff said:

Okay thanks guys, I think I just find it hard to believe that they (MS) is offering something for nothing. It begs the question why do the other antivirus people bother to keep going if they offer no better protection than MS security essentials

There are lots of things out there offered for nothing, from many companies, including Microsoft. The intention of MSE was to provide "basic" A/V protection for a person who would be otherwise unwilling to pay for it. However, it seems that the product has worked better than anticipated and scores very well and is endorsed my many techies. It's the product that I use for a number of reasons...mainly because I don't put myself into risky situations so I don't need super strength and because it's not in your face at all.

There is still marketspace without a doubt for the commercial pay for products. Some people need more functionality or more protection. Businesses often use these products for their centralized management functionality. Finally, 3rd parties might purchase lower cost licenses and include these products with their offerings. Like McAfee or Norton from an ISP.

The Howling Wolves said:

MSE works fine for me.
The most important ingredients are you and common sense.

same here

MSE caught several things my "paid" McAfee did not.

MSE & Malwarebytes are good programs. A good firewall is also a must have.

For Gods sake, do NOT get McAfee.....if you need convincing, see the following post

McAfee Update (8/9/10) causes win 7 Problems

Borg 386 said:

MSE caught several things my "paid" McAfee did not.

MSE & Malwarebytes are good programs. A good firewall is also a must have.

For Gods sake, do NOT get McAfee.....if you need convincing, see the following post

McAfee Update (8/9/10) causes win 7 Problems

I fully agree that the McAfee AV program is for the birds. In contrast, the McAfee Site Advisor does a very good job and is in no way a pain.

As was said before, system restore if your a noob and backup, backup, backup will get you back when all else fails.

1Bowtie said:

As was said before, system restore if your a noob and backup, backup, backup will get you back when all else fails.

Not in McAfee's case when they released their last "update".

I rolled the system back 2 days before it hosed my system and their "update" damaged the files so bad, that when I launched the "Security Center", only 2/3 of it was showing & I couldn't get to any of the buttons to reset it.

That's pretty bad!

And it's not the first time McAfee's products have done something like, I dunno, corrupting a system by thinking perfectly normal system files are viruses, etc. To top it off, sometimes their workarounds are crap too after they've broken your system. I am not a fan of McAfee or Symantec (and a few others, like Trend) after watching them bloat over the years and cause numerous problems with their filter drivers, script scanners, kernel hooks, etc., but if you *had* to choose one or the other I would still recommend Symantec (not Norton, Symantec). However, if you have more choice, products like Avast, Microsoft SE or Forefront, Kaspersky, Panda, etc. are all much better than these. MSE is my personal preferred package (because they offer support above and beyond a newsgroup or forum, and the detection rates are very good), but you should use the one that suits you. I used to use Avast and it was a great product, but MSE is just easier to use, does as good a job, and costs the same .

just get away from Norton and McAfee imho