Microsoft Security Essentials - Comments Page 2

Hi All,

So to clarify, if I am currently running McAfee, I can uninstall and just download MSE for free???

I'm sceptical.

Also, I thought Spybot was different than an antivirus. I usually use Spybot, manual cleaning along with McAfee.

Also, what about AdAware, asuming I can/should still do a regular manual cleaning?

So again to clarify. Get ride of all of the above and download MSE and be worry free? Still sceptical : )

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes! MSE includes both anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. You can dump both Spybot and the resource (and money) hogging McAfee, and install MSE as a complete replacement.

MSE just updated their program to version 2. The Firewall is more involved and there are more options, making it a little more personally usable.

I had AVG for years and it was great, until they went overbloat in version 9 & 10. Then I tried Avast. I think it has too much nag for my taste. So I switched to Antivir. It was good, but my husband got a trojan and was so hard to get rid of, SP3 was unable to install.

So I switched to MSE and have installed the new version 2. I like it. It works, and it stays out of my face. You'd think that if MS makes it, it works best with Windows OSes.

I also do Spybot Search & Destroy, Malware Bites, and HiJackThis, but only manually. I often forget to scan.. so I like the fact that MSE scans for malware too.

And most of all it's FREE. I am a firm believer that "security" should be free. It just makes sense.

Very interesting.

I have Comodo Internet Security (without the AntiVirus module) and Malawarebytes Free Ed., for occasional double checking: I believe there is no conflict because this is not proactive.

After problems and a complete dislike of PC Tools AntiSpyware + Firewall, I added Microsoft Security Essentials and as far as I know, it is brilliant.

I agree about the fast Quick Scan on MSE but not the full scan. I use about 80GB of my hard drive currently, and the MSE Full Scan takes SEVEN hours. It does not find any problems but seven hours is far too long. Given comments about full scan in 45 minutes, I wonder if there is something wrong with the programme or my installation. Perhaps Comodo slows it down?

Today, from Give Away of The Day, I can get Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.5.1 – Performance Edition as a freebie. It seems to be top of the class in performance terms but naturally Comodo and MSE will have to go.

I'm uncertain that I want to switch anything. What do you think, please?

I am happen to pay for a product if it is better. I had PC Tools as mentioned and it just got more and more expensive without doing a proper job, so, it was removed (no easy task with all it's registry entries etc) - I actually dumped it before the subscription ended, as it was causing no end of problems.

Thank you for this site.