Microsoft Security Essentials?

Hi,
You mean MSE
Mostly because it sucks,
I wouldn't use Mse without mbam pro/ premium.
Most threats today are malware which mse does not know what the hell that is,
Most Antivirus suite don't.

ThrashZone said:

...I wouldn't use Mse without mbam pro/ premium...

I also use Emsisoft Anti-Malware Premium -- like MBAMpremium, it is quite thorough.

double post sorry...

Now days paying for an Antivirus serves no real purpose,
Dedicated malware protection is well worth the expenditure

Guys, avoid mixing products & purposes :) Anti-Spyware/Malware and Anti-Virus are not the same thing. Although many security programs are becoming Swiss Army Knives again, let's remember:
-- if we want Anti-Virus, MBAM, EAM, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, SUPERAntiMalware programs are not it
-- if we want Anti-Spy/Mal-ware, Avast, Avira, AVG anti-virus programs are not it
Avast, Avira, AVG, Spybot2, Comodo, and several others are selling Swiss Army Knives [ie Internet Security suites]; please make sure what your are getting for free or fee is what you need, is aimed at the right target[s].

Joe7 said:

I took a look to that topic before open this one, but it's about 100 pages long and it's first page seems out of date...

Yes, the thread was started a long time ago but people are always adding more info to it about AV's.

Borg 386 said:

Joe7 said:

I took a look to that topic before open this one, but it's about 100 pages long and it's first page seems out of date...

Yes, the thread was started a long time ago but people are always adding more info to it about AV's.

Yep always good to read backwards in that case for the most recent entries :)

RolandJS said:

Guys, avoid mixing products & purposes :) Anti-Spyware/Malware and Anti-Virus are not the same thing. Although many security programs are becoming Swiss Army Knives again, let's remember:
-- if we want Anti-Virus, MBAM, EAM, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, SUPERAntiMalware programs are not it
-- if we want Anti-Spy/Mal-ware, Avast, Avira, AVG anti-virus programs are not it
Avast, Avira, AVG, Spybot2, Comodo, and several others are selling Swiss Army Knives [ie Internet Security suites]; please make sure what your are getting for free or fee is what you need, is aimed at the right target[s].

A nice post it is. :)
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For an user having standard human intelligence about online risks, MSE as real time protection and MBAM freeware as a scanner is enough.

Spywares are never of attacking nature, they are invited by the attacked user. If one can stay away from inviting a spyware, special protection is not needed.

But if they want to play online rummy, search for porn, download torrents, and follow all links supplied by unknown facebook friends, they may need to spend some money on security suits. And I call them irrational computer users.

RolandJS said:

Guys, avoid mixing products & purposes

I don't see anyone doing any such thing :/
Except you posting about different products on different machines ?
Stick with one machine.