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From: Lil' Abner on 15 Jul 2010 17:32 "Daave" <daave(a)example.com> wrote in news:i1nks9$ani$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: > Lil' Abner wrote: >> M.L. <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote in >> news:gv1s36541hveplssafs3oc6n4dv83vve49(a)4ax.com: >> >>> >>> >>>>> Just purchased Dell computer Windows 7 Home (64) and with it came >>>>> McAfee. Thought Windows 7 had anti virus but evidently not. Any >>>>> feedback on McAfee? >>> >>> Replace it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials. >>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/?mkt=en-us >> >> And watch your computer slow down. > > I'd like to know the experiences of others. Is MSE really that bad? Well, you can Google and find out for yourself. I ditched it for 6 months or so and then I put it back, thinking maybe they'd ironed the problem out. They hadn't, so I'm back to the free version of Avira again. There was one process, ms???eng.exe (can't recall the exact name now) that would eat up processor power for over a minute at a time. Office documents were delayed 3 or 4 seconds in opening. It's free, so I suggest you install it and judge it for yourself. I know there's people out there who swear by it. I'm just not one of them. :-) -- --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
From: M.L. on 15 Jul 2010 19:27 >>>>> Just purchased Dell computer Windows 7 Home (64) and with it came >>>>> McAfee. Thought Windows 7 had anti virus but evidently not. Any >>>>> feedback on McAfee? >>> >>> Replace it with the free Microsoft Security Essentials. >>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/?mkt=en-us >> >> And watch your computer slow down. > >I'd like to know the experiences of others. Is MSE really that bad? No problems with MSSE on my Vista system.
From: James Morrow on 15 Jul 2010 19:49 In article <Xns9DB5468D52166somewhere(a)69.16.185.250>, whoever(a)wherever.invalid says... <snip> > For what it's worth, Avira's Anti-Vir or Avast are the two I recommend if > you are looking for a free AV program. Antivir is the more effective of the > two, but Avast is more user friendly for newbies to deal with. > > > <snip> Microsoft updates every eight hours, Avast! updates every four hours and it is FREE. Avira's Anti-Vir has excellent detection but the update server is generally known to be slow. -- James E. Morrow Email to: jamesemorrow(a)email.com
From: Ron on 15 Jul 2010 19:51 On Jul 13, 9:54 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...(a)Verizon.Net> wrote: > From: "Sam Spade" <sloopokes...(a)opto.net> > > | Just purchased Dell computer Windows 7 Home (64) and with it came McAfee. > | Thought Windows 7 had anti virus but evidently not. Any feedback on McAfee? > | Sam > > Replace it with Avira AntiVir. Reformatted this computer with W7 back in February and Avira 10 wouldn't auto update. Tried it again last month and it still wouldn't update. So, I'm still using Avira 9.
From: Lil' Abner on 16 Jul 2010 09:35
James Morrow <jamesemorrow(a)email.com> wrote in news:MPG.26a8152c965dff6698975f(a)extreme.x-privat.org: > In article <Xns9DB5468D52166somewhere(a)69.16.185.250>, > whoever(a)wherever.invalid says... ><snip> > >> For what it's worth, Avira's Anti-Vir or Avast are the two I >> recommend if you are looking for a free AV program. Antivir is the >> more effective of the two, but Avast is more user friendly for >> newbies to deal with. >> >> >> ><snip> > > Microsoft updates every eight hours, Avast! updates every four hours > and it is FREE. Avira's Anti-Vir has excellent detection but the > update server is generally known to be slow. There were problems there for a while, But I've had no problem with slow updates for months now. -- --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. --- |