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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 11:52:10 AM

Title: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 11:52:10 AM: No more 3rd party anti virus crap.

get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS/default.aspx

review by Paul Thurrott: http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/mse.asp

edit: more reviews:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/14821/microsoft_security_essentials_free_is_great_but_is_it_effective
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 29, 2009, 11:58:19 AM: Wow, another quality product from Microsoft! Keep the hits coming, Redmond!

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Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Bocsius on September 29, 2009, 11:59:07 AM: It's almost like having the fox guarding the hen house.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 12:03:53 PM: :lol

but in a serious note, all the impressions i have read are so far positive, it's basically windows live onecare better and free but without the extra stuff it came with (just the anti virus).
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Bocsius on September 29, 2009, 12:06:26 PM: I did drop McAfee last year, though. Too bloated, used tons of resources. AVG is working great for me.

(As far as I know.)

Keep believing that. -spybot
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 12:08:34 PM: I used Avira and AVG in the past, both were great.

AVG was less intrusive but Avira did better in the detection rate for me.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 29, 2009, 12:17:50 PM: yeah, if the fox got its ass brutally beaten every time someone sniped a chicken through the wire fence
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Bocsius on September 29, 2009, 12:22:00 PM: So you swear to the product's effectiveness?

On the eyes of the children of somebody you may or may not know? Some random Joe's bratty little children, perhaps?
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: OptimoPeach on September 29, 2009, 12:22:45 PM: No thanks, my NOD32 subscription is still valid
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 01:25:29 PM: Did a full scan and found one issue so far:

(http://i37.tinypic.com/2w4zml2.jpg)

Exact Audio Copy (http://"http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/") is a very good audio ripper and never gave me any problem with AVG or Avira so this is surely a false positive.

it links to the ebay shortcuts but still...
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 29, 2009, 01:28:46 PM: No issues came up on my computer. :smug
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 01:30:20 PM: THIS IS NOT FAIR I SUCK MS COCKS EVERYDAY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 04:23:27 PM: :lol wouldn't even install on my system. Probably due to Norton.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 29, 2009, 04:26:49 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 04:23:27 PM
:lol wouldn't even install on my system. Probably due to Norton.

Yeah, it specifically says to delete all other antivirus software first.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: OptimoPeach on September 29, 2009, 04:32:29 PM: Quote from: Borys on September 29, 2009, 11:57:17 AM
Whoa thanks, downloading now. Fuck Norton crap.
Quote from: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 04:23:27 PM
:lol wouldn't even install on my system. Probably due to Norton.
Quote from: Borys on September 29, 2009, 11:57:17 AM
Fuck Norton crap.
Quote from: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 04:23:27 PM
Probably due to Norton.
Quote from: Borys on September 29, 2009, 11:57:17 AM
Norton
Quote from: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 04:23:27 PM
Norton.
Quote
Norton
:dizzy
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: MCD on September 29, 2009, 04:38:54 PM: Norton 2009 is actually good from what I read.

but with free AVs getting more common I saw no need to try it.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on September 29, 2009, 04:46:13 PM: Seems pretty nice to me. It's fast and simple.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: ManaByte on September 29, 2009, 05:09:27 PM: Quote from: MCD on September 29, 2009, 04:38:54 PM
Norton 2009 is actually good from what I read.

but with free AVs getting more common I saw no need to try it.

Best AV I've used.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: bork on September 29, 2009, 06:57:20 PM: Norton :yuck

That shit fucked up my previous PC. I had no idea how much better it ran without Norton, since it was installed from day one. All the problems I had like frequent crashing and just everything running slower came from shitty-ass Norton.

It also didn't stop me from getting two nasty trojans that fucked up my PC so bad I had to wipe everything back in 2007. But it led to me getting a MacBook (which has been problem-free!) several months later, so it all worked out nicely.
Title: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials
Post by: muckhole on September 29, 2009, 07:07:06 PM: I switched over to Live OnceCare a couple of years ago after having a ton of issues with Norton. I also tried NOD for awhile, and liked it, but continued having some issues with crashing.

OneCare has been nice and fairly unintrusive, and it doesn't seem to bog my old laptop down at all, so I'll be giving this a whirl once OneCare runs out.