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From: Bast on 19 Jan 2010 00:46 David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> > >> From: "Roy East" <royeast(a)example.invalid> > >>> Hi, After recently coming off McFee Anti virus, I have now gone over >>> to Microsoft Security Essentials Anti Virus. Can it be recommended? >>> Also should I download anything else (bearing in mind I can only get >>> DialUp in this area). > > >> You would be *much* better off using a combination of Avira AntiVir >> and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. > > PS: Many report MSE puts a load on the system and drags it down. I can't comment on older slow systems. But MSE definitely grabs the system by the balls when you first turn the computer on and for several minutes afterward. Then seems to relax into the background. So for those with systems running 24/7 it's not a big issue, but for those that use the system for short periods, e.g. notebooks on the road, that drag may be a crippling perfomance blow.
From: Roy East on 19 Jan 2010 14:57 I can only go by what I've got. Since I've come off of McFee and moved to MSE my system is a lot faster. "Bast" <fakename(a)nomail.invalid> wrote in message news:hj3h0v$gej$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > David H. Lipman wrote: >> From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> >> >>> From: "Roy East" <royeast(a)example.invalid> >> >>>> Hi, After recently coming off McFee Anti virus, I have now gone over >>>> to Microsoft Security Essentials Anti Virus. Can it be recommended? >>>> Also should I download anything else (bearing in mind I can only get >>>> DialUp in this area). >> >> >>> You would be *much* better off using a combination of Avira AntiVir >>> and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. >> >> PS: Many report MSE puts a load on the system and drags it down. > > > I can't comment on older slow systems. > > But MSE definitely grabs the system by the balls when you first turn the > computer on and for several minutes afterward. > Then seems to relax into the background. > > So for those with systems running 24/7 it's not a big issue, but for those > that use the system for short periods, e.g. notebooks on the road, that > drag may be a crippling perfomance blow. >
From: Cronos on 21 Jan 2010 06:40 Roy East wrote: > Now I have MSE do I need a Adware Protection program? Defender does protect against malicious adware too but even Microsoft recommend you enhance your protection with added software. Use Malwarebytes free, Firefox with adblock plus and noscript are good to use too.
From: Gashead on 25 Jan 2010 15:36 'Malwarebytes free' is not free? "Cronos" <cronos(a)sphere.invalid> wrote in message news:hj9efv$6hn$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Roy East wrote: >> Now I have MSE do I need a Adware Protection program? > > Defender does protect against malicious adware too but even Microsoft > recommend you enhance your protection with added software. Use > Malwarebytes free, Firefox with adblock plus and noscript are good to use > too.
From: Dustin Cook on 25 Jan 2010 15:58
"Gashead" <royeast(a)example.invalid> wrote in news:%in7n.21914$2R.17756(a)newsfe11.ams2: > 'Malwarebytes free' is not free? Yes it is. For private non commercial use. We've always released it in that fashion. -- "Is there anything in Guul Draz that doesn't suck the life out of you?" - Tarsa, Sea Gate sell-sword. |