Solved Antivirus

[MRINAL KANT]

please tell which one is good for PC ..
quick heal internet security (licensed version) or Microsoft security essential...

 

[richc46]

Welcome
It is of course a matter of opinion, but I think the Microsoft Security Essentials is the best.
You are going to get dozens of answers disagreeing with me, but I think that they are wrong. MSE, has never caused a problem with Windows, but others have. They have caused slow performance, BSODs and other problems When the others come to say that something else is best, have them explain about the problems. I do not know about the specific one that you mentioned, but why pay when you can get free and it works with no problems.

 

[MRINAL KANT]

but what is the problem with quick heal ?

 

[Layback Bear]

I don't know any body that uses Quick Heal but if you got your heart set on it use it.
I use MSE.

 

[Bongo]

MSE and safe browsing is all you need.

Jerry

 

[DBone]

It all depends on what the OP wants. Quick Heal is a paid AV that comes from India, and from what I understand, is very popular there. MSE is free, basic protection that is from the US and may or may not be the best free option for an Indian user. If the OP is a safe user that never looks for porn, cracks, torrents ect.., then MSE may serve him/her well. I for one think there are better free options out there then MSE, and if the OP is a riskier user, and doesn't mind paying, then there are far better AV suites available compared to Quick Heal.

If I were a risky surfer, and didn't mind paying, I would buy Emsisoft Antimalware 7.0 in a heartbeat. Light on system resources, and damn near bullet proof.

 

[kbrady1979]

Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware are all most people will ever need. Both free and work very well.

 

[sammy3417]

Avast free

 

[Parman]

I'm another MSE fan. Never had an issue with it.

 

[Layback Bear]

MSE has one short coming for some people; COA.

 

[sammy3417]

I think its a good idea to have variety when using computer security software... Microsoft did suffer from the fake certificate hack... In that case the Flame virus did indeed hijack Microsoft updates to spread Malware!! This would in my opinion render MSE useless... Trusting all your IT security software to the one vendor is asking for trouble... I mean most people on here use the windows 7 firewall and MSE! What happens next time when kaspersky or some other vendor find some other exploit from with in the windows environment that has been lying dormant for years and has made Microsoft's security updates and software useless!

Just my thoughts and I do expect some interesting feedback on this!

I use two different products and they are very good.... Avast Free and COMODO firewall....if they fail... the Windows firewall and my router should keep the rubbish out until I find something better.. I like Microsoft, but security wise they are 3rd party options for me.

 

[Layback Bear]

Yes the Flame was a very bad one.
Microsoft Security Advisory (2718704): Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing
But Microsoft did make corrections or what one might call a fix.
To understand how bad Flame is here is a good read.
The Flame: Questions and Answers - Securelist
I do agree that a layered protection method is best. No program stops everything 100% of the time. I also judge the maker of a security program on the time it takes to create, test and get the fix out to millions of computers. I do think Microsoft and MSE are getting very good marks on doing just that.

 

[sammy3417]

Yes the Flame was a very bad one.
Microsoft Security Advisory (2718704): Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing
But Microsoft did make corrections or what one might call a fix.
To understand how bad Flame is here is a good read.
The Flame: Questions and Answers - Securelist
I do agree that a layered protection method is best. No program stops everything 100% of the time. I also judge the maker of a security program on the time it takes to create, test and get the fix out to millions of computers. I do think Microsoft and MSE are getting very good marks on doing just that.

Yes Flame was a bad one... I read a book called worm about conficker...this was also a bad one for targeting MS products... I have no doubt MS are getting better! I trust them to keep my OS patched..but thats it...firewalls and AV a big no no for me.... I'll stick with 3rd party products for such things


I had a play with backtrack on VMware I've ran exploits against (vista, Win 7, XP) using the metasploit feature...all this was in a VMware environment so it was safe (nothing Illegal) But this has educated me and you'd be very shocked to see the exploits you can get and run against MS operating systems with the firewall turned on.... not to mention other things you don't think about... really worth a look....very interesting