G Data AntiVirus 2010

[whs]

oooops...my very bad Didn't read the date. Yes, that is MSE.

Thanks Phone Man.

That sure does not make it look any better. Sorry, I did not read this part either. Thanks Pnone Man for making us read - LOL.

 

[jav]

I know it's been out for years i i've heard of it never really tried it before, 200+ MB? hmm something i'd have to download when i go to sleep (dialup) .. being ranked number 1 and whatnot why is it every forum i goto theres rarely any mentioning of G DATA?

It's always Avast this Norton that, etc...

Why's that?

Edit: Meaning, do people not like this AV? :S

It uses 2 AV engines, so it is believed to be a resource hog...
That's why there are not many people using or recommending it compared to some other products...
As you have already noticed yourself, even it's installation file is 200+ Mb

 

[Nem]

I know it's been out for years i i've heard of it never really tried it before, 200+ MB? hmm something i'd have to download when i go to sleep (dialup) .. being ranked number 1 and whatnot why is it every forum i goto theres rarely any mentioning of G DATA?

It's always Avast this Norton that, etc...

Why's that?

Edit: Meaning, do people not like this AV? :S

It uses 2 AV engines, so it is believed to be a resource hog...
That's why there are not many people using or recommending it compared to some other products...
As you have already noticed yourself, even it's installation file is 200+ Mb

Yeah i was doing reading up on it - making me not to even bother, thanks for the little extra info though.

 

[polarbear]

It's a great product and I'm very tempted to switch. Eset has served me well tho so I'm still undecided. I might try it on my laptop maybe. It is consistantly in the top 5 of most reputable anti-review lists. As WHS pointed out, at AV Comparitives it is always on top.

btw...WHS, in that graph it is not MSE but Microsoft One Care. MSE test results have not yet been published

I think you are right. It is not MSE. Let's hope it will do a little better since many of us jumped on the bandwagon. Although I already caught a trojan and a browser highjacker since I use MSE. Makes you wonder.

Looks like it is MSE for the Feb 2010 tests at

AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Main-Tests

Snip from PDF file.

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Jim

Looks like I'm doing OK as I use avast free and MSE for testing at this point...

 

[tw33k]

Looks like I'm doing OK as I use avast free and MSE for testing at this point...

You run both avast! and MSE? Not a good idea as that will generally lead to many false positives (among other problems). How's your cpu and memory usage? Can you post a shot of task manager showing both these running?

 

[polarbear]

Looks like I'm doing OK as I use avast free and MSE for testing at this point...

You run both avast! and MSE? Not a good idea as that will generally lead to many false positives (among other problems). How's your cpu and memory usage? Can you post a shot of task manager showing both these running?

Been using it for months until which one I decide to go with... GL

 

[whs]

Looks like I'm doing OK as I use avast free and MSE for testing at this point...

You run both avast! and MSE? Not a good idea as that will generally lead to many false positives (among other problems). How's your cpu and memory usage? Can you post a shot of task manager showing both these running?

Been using it for months until which one I decide to go with... GL

Where is MSE. I don't see the MsMpEng.exe in your snip. Maybe you should show "Processes from all users".

 

[tw33k]

Where is MSE. I don't see the MsMpEng.exe in your snip. Maybe you should show "Processes from all users".

Yes...please. Also, you aren't getting any problems running these together? You have them both set as on-access scanners right?

 

[polarbear]

whs thanks for pointing that out.. I guess avast! disabled MSE automatically on installation... Still updates fine daily and I do use it once a week for a scan... Must add, been trouble free since I installed Win7...

 

[tw33k]

whs thanks for pointing that out.. I guess avast! disabled MSE automatically on installation... Still updates fine daily and I do use it once a week for a scan... Must add, been trouble free since I installed Win7...

OK..just so I'm clear...you are not running them both as on-access scanners right?

 

[polarbear]

Where is MSE. I don't see the MsMpEng.exe in your snip. Maybe you should show "Processes from all users".

Yes...please. Also, you aren't getting any problems running these together? You have them both set as on-access scanners right?

Check my settings in MSE and did a snip...

 

[Nem]

whs thanks for pointing that out.. I guess avast! disabled MSE automatically on installation... Still updates fine daily and I do use it once a week for a scan... Must add, been trouble free since I installed Win7...

OK..just so I'm clear...you are not running them both as on-access scanners right?

I ran those 2 as on-access scanners and never had any issues. Never slowed me down at all.

 

[malexous]

Brink is also using both those scanners real-time.

 

[Jacee]

MSE is in the processes, look closer

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/msseces.exe-25502.html

 

[jav]

I think you are right. It is not MSE. Let's hope it will do a little better since many of us jumped on the bandwagon. Although I already caught a trojan and a browser highjacker since I use MSE. Makes you wonder.

Looks like it is MSE for the Feb 2010 tests at

AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Main-Tests

Snip from PDF file.

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Jim

Looks like I'm doing OK as I use avast free and MSE for testing at this point...

MSE is in the processes, look closer

MSSE - msseces.exe - Program Information

Just press show for all users in Task Manager...

 

[Dinesh]

G data setup file is of more than 250 MB, but its not a resource hog. ATM, its using only 12-15 MB RAM on my Win7 x64 laptop.

 

[polarbear]

Yes, Selecting all user do show both programs... GL

 

[Dinesh]

Yes, Selecting all user do show both programs... GL

MSE uses 10 times more RAM as compared to Avast. LOL

 

[tw33k]

MSE uses 10 times more RAM as compared to Avast. LOL

I just saw that :roflmao:

 

[whs]

Yes, Selecting all user do show both programs... GL

MSE uses 10 times more RAM as compared to Avast. LOL

I don't consider that to be a problem. With todays usual 3 or 4GBs of RAM, 40 or 60MB is nothing. Main thing is that it does the job - and that is not guaranteed.