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"Microsoft Security Essentials" (free anti-virus software) - Opinions? Better/worse than AVG or any other free products? |
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I've used it. I liked it.
My ITtech brother in law and his ITtech partner suggested to me to use it. www.microsoft.com 
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moderatorI like it too, M.S.E. is "light", interface is easy to understand, and it's caught and removed viruses & malware without any issues. Besides it gives you real time protection. I'm about to ditch Avira/Webroot on another computer and use M.S.E.
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Thumbs up.
The scanning engine and virus database is the same used in the corporate edition called Microsoft Forefront. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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I like it. I don't have it on my computer because Norton
is doing very well on it but i have MSE installed on my sister's computer and it's been excellent thus far. If i had problems with the latest Norton, i would use MSE myself. Don't laugh at my funk
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TD3 said: I like it too, M.S.E. is "light", interface is easy to understand, and it's caught and removed viruses & malware without any issues. Besides it gives you real time protection. I'm about to ditch Avira/Webroot on another computer and use M.S.E.
===== [Edited 3/19/10 9:25am] I like Avira though.  Similar to Avast but not quite as slow. MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Our contractual/freelance IT guy where I work just installed this on all of our computers. 
He also recommended Avast to me for my home laptop. | |
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Fauxie said: TD3 said: I like it too, M.S.E. is "light", interface is easy to understand, and it's caught and removed viruses & malware without any issues. Besides it gives you real time protection. I'm about to ditch Avira/Webroot on another computer and use M.S.E.
===== I like Avira though. Similar to Avast but not quite as slow.I like Avast too but on my old lil' computer(in terms of HDD & RAM) Avast became a resource hog. Of note: Microsoft Support offers, Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific prevalent malicious software for computers running Windows OS: 7, Vista, Sever 2003 & 2008, XP and 2000. http://support.microsoft....bid=890830 THAT IS, if your aren't using MSE, Windows Defender is disabled when you download MSE because WD is apart of MSE virus/malware software. I though I should make myself clear. ===== [Edited 3/21/10 16:04pm] | |
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I've switched to it too. AVG was slowing down my system. Avira stopped my system entirely whilst updating.
MSE is so unobtrusive that I worry if it's actually working! | |
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