Comments on: Free Anti-Virus From Microsoft Is Now Available

By: John Mihaljevic

John Mihaljevic — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:04:12 +0000

Used to have Avast! AV & Comodo firewall, WinPatrol, SpywareBlaster, Spybot Search & Destroy, AdAware, A-Squared, Windows Defender, Spyware Terminator and ThreatFire. Kept Comodo and replaced everything else with MS Security Essentials. Works fine, computer less sluggish and much less background internet activity (according to NetWorx). I recommende it.

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Microsoft Security Essentials Can Be Used Commerically As Well* | PCMech — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:32:36 +0000

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By: SB

SB — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:38:01 +0000

I’m wondering if this can run in parallel with another anti virus program without any hiccups between the 2? If so i’ll try it, if not well…… I’m currently running AVG (becuase it was cheap for 2yrs of coverage). In the mean time i’ll wait for them to fine tune it. I think it’s a step in the right direction. Who doesn’t love a good freebie?

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By: David

David — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:50:22 +0000

Partly correct. But it’s not just a target because it’s popular. It’s also a target because it’s the most vulnerable. If you want safety, look at the Unix derivatives – Unix, Linux, Macs… Not impenetrable but much more difficult.

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:45:55 +0000

All AV applications need service packs (signature upgrades). It’s one of the features of security software that it stays up-to-date. As often as a daily update when necessary.

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:39:53 +0000

hmmm. Sounds like someone knows what they’re talking about. You’ve given me the confidence to give it a spin (in a virtual machine )

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:34:24 +0000

If you’re ugly, use makeup. If your breath stinks, brush your teeth. If your Operating System is full of holes, plug ‘em.

Will I use it? No. I use AVG and Avast on my Windows systems. But my main computer runs on Linux so separate applications are not something I really think about.

PS. Whoever said to uninstall Norton does know what they’re talking about. It’s the first application I uninstall on my clients’ computers when I service them and give them a tune-up.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:17:50 +0000

I’ve done my own testing of the product this week; on two computers: –

The first runs Windows XP Professional 32-bit on a dual-core Athlon 64×2, 2.2GHz with 2GBs DDR2 667Mhz RAM.

The second runs Windows 7 64-bit on a triple-core Phenom 3, 2.3GHz with 8GBs DDR2 800MHz RAM.

The test was conducted in a real-world situation where Trojan downloaders had got onto my system and activated, multiply infecting both PCs with severe-risk malware across my LAN.

Four free anti-malware solutions were run multiple times on the infections. More than one didn’t even notice any problem, yet Microsoft Security Essentials found and dealt with all of them, including the downloaders.

(To read the full report, which will be published after 17:30 HRS BST on 8th October 2009, click this link.)

After a couple of drive-by add-ons to existing comments on this post from yours truly here; the product, upon further investigation gets the thumbs-up and a top review. : Score 10/10. – ‘Not bad for a freebie, eh?

By: Rock M

Rock M — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:32:26 +0000

I have been beta testing this program from the first it was out. And I can say that it works as well or better than the (Name Brand) AV programs, if not better.
Any test that was thrown at it was stopped . And that says it all.

Also it does not drag your system down! In fact you will not even know it is running.
All I can say is try it, as I think you will be glad you did and you will have safety and no
cost to you at all.

It really does work and work well!