Microsoft Security Essentials vs. Kaspersky?

[Nikolay]

Which do you think is better? I'm sticking with Kaspersky for now.

 

[Mercurial]

Eset Nod32

 

[zigzag3143]

Eset Nod32

Eset Smart Security 4.x

 

[holo88]

i've only used older versions of kesplakersy (or w/e) and it had a nice simple UI, as does morro. i like Morro. I stuck it on all the pc's in my house. avast has a tendency to confuse not so tech savvy ppl (siblings). so now if they get a virus, they cant delete without bothering me. so theres another plus

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I have tried the following AV's;

Kaprasky For W7 Beta - Didn't like it, kept asking me about every little thing.
Norton Anti-Virus Gamer Edition - Was fairly light-weight and worked well.
McAfee - Was decent, wasn't picking up much.
OneCare - Was using a lot of my resources and didn't pick up much.
Panda - Was a resource hog, extended my 'boot up' time about 2 minutes. Asked me about every little thing.
AVG - Was light-weight and picked up some things.
Morro - By far my favorite, light-weight, picks up things none of the following picked up on my system, and doesn't take forever to load.

Morro wins. =D

 

[Victek]

Which do you think is better? I'm sticking with Kaspersky for now.

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You didn't say whether you have KAV or KIS. Obviously the suite offers a lot more then Microsoft Security Essentials. I used KAV for a while and really liked the features, but unfortunately it had too much impact on my system. It doesn't sound like you're having any problems with it though.

 

[John Henry]

KIS/KAV vs MORRO? This comparison sux imho. KIS/KAV is an old known product. MORRO is just released in beta. It's too early to make a concret comparison without leak tests.

 

[pestbest]

I am using Morro and I am already impressed. Today, I was transferring a file from my memory stick duo and Morro immediately poped up and announced W32 Jeefo. Why am I impressed?

Cause it is in beta version, is a lightweight client, and still detects viruses well. It's worth it. And In case you don't know... I've been telling every person that Morro rocks cause it indeed does.

 

[swarfega]

I have a subscription to Nod32 Smart Security but I decided to trial MSE for a while and see how it fairs.

 

[LFB]

Good news...

Antivirus testing outfit: Microsoft Security Essentials makes the grade
Rivals ding the free antivirus software, but AV-Test.org says it's 'very good'

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134753

 

[zrtom]

Good news...

Antivirus testing outfit: Microsoft Security Essentials makes the grade
Rivals ding the free antivirus software, but AV-Test.org says it's 'very good'

Antivirus testing outfit: Microsoft Security Essentials makes the grade

That is quite encouraging!
I love it how the other AV companies find fault with it.

 

[Nikolay]

Thanks for the replies, I just formatted my drive and did a clean install of 7232 x64 (I was getting bored with 7201 and my files were very unorganized) and installed MSE immediately and am loving the simple interface. Microsoft is starting to get a good reputation with its stable beta software.

 

[Dinesh]

MSE is good and light weight but it doesn't have much features as compared to KIS 09. Im using KIS 09 on win 7 and MSE on an old win xp computer.

 

[chrysalis]

morro sounds like it will be nod32's biggest competitor, I am still using nod 32 2.7 on my xp box due to its lightness and my win7 still has no av as the options for it all too bloated. morro may well be the saviour for me.

 

[Nikolay]

After doing a full scan with MSE..

Both threats were from my XP drive.

 

[Dixon Butz]

MSE is not lightweight. It uses over 50mb of memory.

 

[Dinesh]

MSE is not lightweight. It uses over 50mb of memory.

oh really? could you post a screenshot of your task manager(performance tab)?

 

[Dixon Butz]

oh really? could you post a screenshot of your task manager(performance tab)?

Already uninstalled. One entry in taskmanager was 48-55mb. Other was 5mb.

 

[Dinesh]

Mine looks like this:
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That's lightweight.

 

[Dixon Butz]

Mine looks like this:
View attachment 15558.
That's lightweight.

you need to show processes from all users