Will Microsoft Security Essentials Take Over the World? - Comments Page 2

Here's an oddity.
I've used MSE ever since you first reviewed it and have found it light and effective.
Now however it refuses to start when I reboot and simply states that it cannot be found as an installed service.
It does however appear in the add/remove programs window. The error message associated with this failure is 0x80070424.
I can uninstall and reinstall and it will run quite happily until I shut down, at which point the fun starts all over again. I don't find the MS help pages at all helpful.
For added information I've had the same problem with Panda free cloud antivirus.
A scan with Malwarebytes shows nothing suspicious.
Since you offer the most down to earth and easy to understand tech. advice on the web I thought you may have some idea what the problem is.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That is very odd, and not something I've heard of before. The fact that it affects more than one A/V program makes me think there is some hidden malware. Have you tried using System Restore to return to a point prior to when this started happening?

Hi Bob. Thanks for your swift response.
I have tried system restore without success.
It could be that I didn't go back far enough. When I get some more free time I'll go back further and let you know the outcome.

I've been using MSE for about 2 years, it results are most satisfactory. I don't much about others AVPs but as for as MSE is free viruses/worms solution for your PC. For those opt for free AVPs MSE is the "YES". However, it doesn't operate unless your OS is validated first by MS.

Thanks a million Bob!

I've had MSE since its' beginning ad now, through Auto updates fo course, have the latest version. I do a QuickScan" every day which generally covers about 150,000 items and takes about 8 minutes. A full scan takes several hours, but I've got a rather large system, and the scans don't interfere at all with overall compouter operations. I'm quite pleased with it. I run W7 Ultimate x64bit with 12 GB of RAM and a bit over 3TB of HD capacity. Now if M/S wold jsut remove its' head from its' rear orifice and render W8 useable I'd be pleased, though my W7 is very hard to fault.