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From: Eugene F. on 17 Jan 2010 20:39
Our new home DELL laptop came with Windows 7 (64 bit) and McAfee.
While I'm OK with Norton 2009 and 2010, I'd rather avoid McAfee at
this point.

Which anti-virus tool is most robust and problem-free in Win '7 64-bit
environment? It does not have to be free. I'm OK with paying
reasonable subscription for trouble-free product that is kept up-to-
date.

TIA, Eugene
From: The Central Scrutinizer on 18 Jan 2010 10:13
"Eugene F." <pm771.am(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Our new home DELL laptop came with Windows 7 (64 bit) and McAfee.
> While I'm OK with Norton 2009 and 2010, I'd rather avoid McAfee at
> this point.
>
> Which anti-virus tool is most robust and problem-free in Win '7 64-bit
> environment? It does not have to be free. I'm OK with paying
> reasonable subscription for trouble-free product that is kept up-to-
> date.

Anything wrong with MS Security Essentials?


From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 18 Jan 2010 10:28
The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

> Anything wrong with MS Security Essentials?

Begs the question, would you trust the company that builds the insecure
operating system to build a solution for it which was any better?

Jus' sayin'...

--
-bts
-"Windows - Life Without Walls™" <-- recent MS TV ad
-(Aha. So that's how all the viruses get in!)
From: Charlie on 18 Jan 2010 14:01
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:13:08 -0600, "The Central Scrutinizer"
<gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Eugene F." <pm771.am(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:da8e75bb-c4d1-4c8c-9b88-107fccd9bfcb(a)j5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> Our new home DELL laptop came with Windows 7 (64 bit) and McAfee.
>> While I'm OK with Norton 2009 and 2010, I'd rather avoid McAfee at
>> this point.
>>
>> Which anti-virus tool is most robust and problem-free in Win '7 64-bit
>> environment? It does not have to be free. I'm OK with paying
>> reasonable subscription for trouble-free product that is kept up-to-
>> date.
>
>Anything wrong with MS Security Essentials?

Also just purchased (< 60 days ago) a new laptop with Win7 64 bit. I
have used Microsoft Security Essentials with no negative performance
issues and it has detected malware and dealt with it. It is stark on
features (IMHO) but an OK product as it is an ICSA certified AV product
http://www.icsalabs.com/vendor/microsoft-corporation as are literally
dozens of competing AV vendors. Since you are willing to pay $$ for an
AV that is "kept-up-to-date" I would have to recommend Norton 2010 line
of security products. Not only are they also ICSA certified AV app
http://www.icsalabs.com/vendor/symantec-corporation but unlike any
other AV they offer updates (they call them 'pulse updates') as often as
every 1 - 3 minutes. This update method is superior to automatic 'daily
updates' as is what one gets with MSEE. I use Norton Internet Security
2010 and can say from my own experience it is feature-rich compoared to
MSEE which may not be an apples to oranges since MSEE is a straight AV
product and NIS 2010 is a suite. There is a free fully functional 30-day
trial of NIS 2010 at this link
http://www.symantec.com/norton/downloads/trialsoftware/offer.jsp?pvid=nis2010

Nearly ALL the major AV products pass nearly all tests from all
recognized AV testing agencies. Choosing from them often is amtter of
personal need and taste and how the particular AV product may or may not
impact your system and work. You'll find 'plenty of AV opinions' in
this group - so be forewarned !

-ps just checked NIS 2010 My last 'Pulse Update' was 3 minutes ago. No
other AV product has such an updating feature as Symantec's Pulse
Updates.
From: PvdG42 on 19 Jan 2010 11:04

"The Central Scrutinizer" <gcisko(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:hj1tq8$tlo$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
> "Eugene F." <pm771.am(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:da8e75bb-c4d1-4c8c-9b88-107fccd9bfcb(a)j5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> Our new home DELL laptop came with Windows 7 (64 bit) and McAfee.
>> While I'm OK with Norton 2009 and 2010, I'd rather avoid McAfee at
>> this point.
>>
>> Which anti-virus tool is most robust and problem-free in Win '7 64-bit
>> environment? It does not have to be free. I'm OK with paying
>> reasonable subscription for trouble-free product that is kept up-to-
>> date.
>
> Anything wrong with MS Security Essentials?
>
>

Not here, IME.
Throwing caution to the wind after installing Win 7 U x64 on my laptop, I
decided to not use the AV and anti-malware tools I use on my desktops in
favor of MS Security essentials. I figured the worst case would be having to
wipe the drive and start over after some failure and/or infection (I'm well
backed up on my network).

Result after 3 months of regular use: no issues encountered. Just as good as
anything I've used in the past, and less trouble.


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