Mse & xp

[techmonkey74]

I know this forum is for Windows 7 for if the Mods have to move this post thats fine. Since so many of you have given rave reviews about Microsoft Security Essentials so I decided to try it on one of XP Laptops. So far I am very happy but I noticed when I do a FULL SCAN it takes hours. Is this normal and do I really need to do a full scan that often. It's not a bad laptop for XP it has a AMD Turion dual core processor 1.61 GHz with 2 gigs of Ram.

 

[Ryan2320]

The full scan option can take awhile so it is normal...and this does also depend on how many files and folders you have on your computer and the hardware.

I usually go with the quick scan route and maybe a full scan every month. If you suspect something is on your computer then I would run a full scan with MSE and Malwarebytes.

Hope this Helps,
Ryan

 

[whs]

It used to take a long time even on my quad core. With you configuration you should not expect otherwise. The scan was one of the reasons I abandoned MSE and went with NIS2011. They scan during system idle time and never interfere with what I am doing.

As an alternative I suggest to keep MSE but scan with SuperAntiSpyware. That is a very good scanner but no replacement for MSE.

 

[sygnus21]

I know this forum is for Windows 7 for if the Mods have to move this post thats fine. Since so many of you have given rave reviews about Microsoft Security Essentials so I decided to try it on one of XP Laptops. So far I am very happy but I noticed when I do a FULL SCAN it takes hours. Is this normal and do I really need to do a full scan that often. It's not a bad laptop for XP it has a AMD Turion dual core processor 1.61 GHz with 2 gigs of Ram.

Unfortunately yes.....

Here's my first observation a little over a year ago - http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/35027-microsoft-security-essentials-windows-7-a.html

Here's another one a couple of months ago - http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/131437-mse-2-final-released-8.html#post1140719 and http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/131437-mse-2-final-released-9.html

Different versions, same issue.... long scan times

Outside of that I really like the program and it is my only AV.

 

[techmonkey74]

Glad to see this is normal. I don't have to much on the computer and I use NIS 2011 on three of my "main" computers but don't want to pay more for NIS on the PC I don't use that often. Thanks for the replys.

 

[sygnus21]

Glad to see this is normal. I don't have to much on the computer and I use NIS 2011 on three of my "main" computers but don't want to pay more for NIS on the PC I don't use that often. Thanks for the replys.

Other than the slow "full" scan times, the program is pretty good. Can't say how it will operate on XP but under Windows 7 it's very good and highly rated.

Good luck.