One More Reason to Dislike Microsoft Security Essentials
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From: PDFrank on 24 May 2010 19:37 I had Automatic Updates turned off. (I'm not against updates; I just don't want it on ALL THE TIME.) Microsoft Security Essentials turned it on. Didn't ask me. I think it ought to ask me if I want it on.
From: LouB on 24 May 2010 20:40 PDFrank wrote: > I had Automatic Updates turned off. > > (I'm not against updates; I just don't want it on ALL THE TIME.) > > Microsoft Security Essentials turned it on. > > Didn't ask me. > > I think it ought to ask me if I want it on. For just that program? Or all MS updates?
From: AlleyCat on 25 May 2010 01:24 In article <4bfb0e03$0$5831$6d36acad(a)usenetnewsserver.com>, pdfrank(a)some.com says... > I had Automatic Updates turned off. > > (I'm not against updates; I just don't want it on ALL THE TIME.) > > Microsoft Security Essentials turned it on. > > Didn't ask me. > > I think it ought to ask me if I want it on. > Gave it a try... didn't care for it. Re-imaged hard drive... went back to: Avira - AV Online Armor - Firewall Malwarebytes - Anti-Malware - Real Time Protection [free ;)]
From: occam on 25 May 2010 01:56 On 25/05/2010 07:24, AlleyCat wrote: > In article <4bfb0e03$0$5831$6d36acad(a)usenetnewsserver.com>, pdfrank(a)some.com says... >> I had Automatic Updates turned off. >> > > Malwarebytes - Anti-Malware - Real Time Protection [free ;)] Really? Free real-time protection? That's not what my free MBAM ('Protection tab', 5th item down) says.
From: Bob Villa on 25 May 2010 06:51
On May 25, 12:56 am, occam <oc...(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > On 25/05/2010 07:24, AlleyCat wrote: > > > In article <4bfb0e03$0$5831$6d36a...(a)usenetnewsserver.com>, pdfr...(a)some.com says... > >> I had Automatic Updates turned off. > > > Malwarebytes - Anti-Malware - Real Time Protection [free ;)] > > Really? Free real-time protection? That's not what my free MBAM > ('Protection tab', 5th item down) says. I don't have 1st hand information about MBAM finding anything (in real- time) but it does have a Service installed and running at start-up on the free version. |