OK I did it NOW! 100% MS Security Essentials Test

IggyAZ said:

This is a review that another guy did and thought it was interesting enought with details that most don't have time to check.

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....MSE uses about 13 MB running in the background...

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Here's MSE in the background, using just about 5 MB of RAM. This is about the lightest I've seen any AV run, including Avast.

My mistake....

But what I am getting at is that it is so light I can barely even tell it's running, even when I do a targeted scan.

It's pretty good package for a first effort.

Haven't tried Avast 5 yet. 4.8 was and is really good. Its what I install on any new setup (for everyone except me)....

I think I will stay with MSE for the foreseeable future though.

noob said:

jtrag said:

Here's a good review by PC Magazine. It seems that MSE isn't as good as some of you may think.

Here's the link:

Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

That review dates back to September, and there are constant security definition updates coming from MS. So I am not ready to doubt MSE quite yet.

I hadn't realized that it was from back in September. I apologize. I'm sure they have made some major improvements to MSE since then. I might just install MSE on one of my computers and see what I think. It sounds like a pretty good suite from what everyone here is saying.

noob said:

I'm running ThreatFire and MSE, with UAC disabled. I run Malwarebytes weekly, and Adblock Plus and NoScript on Firefox, and this thing is pretty darned secure*knock wood*.

Anyone else running MSE with ThreatFire on Win7 x64? I love ThreatFire and usually run it with Comodo Internet Security. But Comodo is a little too informative and naggy for a novice PC user and I need a simpler setup for my wife's PC.

It currently has MSE and UAC set to default (Win7 x64). I am thinking about adding ThreatFire as well. I need a good, hassle free, secure combo for her machine that asks little to nothing from the user and can manage itself.

this thread really got me wanting to try out MSE or at least see what it is all about.

Interesting review of Avast! 5.0 came out a few days ago. From the results I'm going stick with Avast! 5.0, UAE default and Windows 7 Firewall with Sphinx Windows 7 Firewall Control over switching to MSE for now.

But I'll definitely be keeping my eye on MSE and even more promising Panda Cloud Antivirus.

avast! Free Antivirus 5.0 - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine