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From: REM on 28 Mar 2010 09:57 >species8350 <not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote: >McAfee is about to end and I will be installing a new anti-virus >programme. >I want a free programme. I was thinking of installing AVAST. >Should I consider any competition We use MSE on all the work machines. I use Avast! at home. I'd recommend either, but I prefer Avast!.
From: species8350 on 28 Mar 2010 12:32 On Mar 28, 2:38 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> wrote: > From: "species8350" <not_here.5.species8...(a)xoxy.net> > > | On Mar 28, 1:10 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> > > | wrote: > >> From: "species8350" <not_here.5.species8...(a)xoxy.net> > >> Please don't Multi-Post. > >> Please learn to Cross-Post to pertinent, On Topic, news groups instead.. > >> -- > >> Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > >> Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp > > | I will use my own judgement > > Which appears top be faulty based on your Multi-Posting and your use of > Google. > > -- > Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp David If you don't like it, then don't follow my posts.
From: Craig on 28 Mar 2010 13:08 On 03/28/2010 06:57 AM, REM wrote: > >> species8350<not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote: > >> McAfee is about to end and I will be installing a new anti-virus >> programme. > >> I want a free programme. I was thinking of installing AVAST. > >> Should I consider any competition > > We use MSE on all the work machines. > > I use Avast! at home. > > I'd recommend either, but I prefer Avast!. I've switched over to MSE for the systems I fix or set up (XP or Win7). But my reasons may be more slothful than most: - I casually checked AV comparison surveys & MSE seems "good," - MSE is free for commercial & non-commercial, - It's light on resources (as eyeballed - no hard stats), - It's stoopid-simple to keep up-to-date & run. Good article on MSE by the folks at Ars: <http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars> hth, -- -Craig
From: REM on 28 Mar 2010 13:31 > Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >I've switched over to MSE for the systems I fix or set up (XP or Win7). > But my reasons may be more slothful than most: >- I casually checked AV comparison surveys & MSE seems "good," >- MSE is free for commercial & non-commercial, >- It's light on resources (as eyeballed - no hard stats), >- It's stoopid-simple to keep up-to-date & run. >Good article on MSE by the folks at Ars: ><http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/first-look-microsoft-security-essentials-impresses.ars> Do you run scheduled scans? Some of our older PCS drag down really badly with this. Even with the short scan. I've been disabling the scheduled scans and I'm depending on real time protection to catch anything that should find it's way in. We run the update and scan while installing MSE. We have to exempt our VNC program during this initial scan. It seems to work from what I've seen so far. Updates still occur.
From: Craig on 28 Mar 2010 13:51
On 03/28/2010 10:31 AM, REM wrote: > > Do you run scheduled scans? Some of our older PCS drag down really > badly with this. Even with the short scan. I set MSE to run scheduled scans for all 6 pc's I've worked on. Four of those are friends/family. They report that their systems are running better (faster) than before but I can't confirm that they're letting the scans take place. I haven't noticed any significant slowdowns during scheduled scans on the two work boxen which I administer (P4/1GB/Win7Pro & Core2Duo/4GB/Win7Pro). Wish I could give you a bigger data-set... > I've been disabling the scheduled scans and I'm depending on real time > protection to catch anything that should find it's way in. I know this is a "duh" question but, why not schedule the scan for after hours? > > We run the update and scan while installing MSE. We have to exempt our > VNC program during this initial scan. It seems to work from what I've > seen so far. Updates still occur. Good to know. Thx. -- -Craig |