Yeah, good point Ross. After a hardware fix of my pc at my local pc store recently they recommended using this Microsoft Security Essentials and removed McAfee, and all seemed to work fine. However most new pc come with a preinstalled McAfee or Norton. I guess this is not so much that Microsoft Security Essentials is bad, but more a deal between the pc supplier/manufacturer and the antivirus company.
Has anybody else have any experience with Microsoft Security Essentials? Thanks John Sunshine -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ross Levis Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 3:40 PM To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: Re: [DUG] Anti virus software Why is no one mentioning Microsoft Security Essentials? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan Mueller Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2014 3:15 p.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: Re: [DUG] Anti virus software I use avira-free at the moment. Not too unhappy with it, but I don't think it ever found something that I wasn't actually already aware of being dodgy. The few instances you wanted to have something checked i could have probably gotten away with just using the online version of https://www.virustotal.com/ ... and running it in www.sandboxie.com If you are reasonable proficient/smart with computers then there is not much need for a antivirus software running all the time in the background to slow things down. But I think I will still stick to my setup I have right now, just in case something slips through - after all I do release my software to over a thousand companies/government organizations worldwide and wouldn't want to deal with the blowback/reputation loss if my software ever would contain a virus. Kind Regards, Stefan Mueller -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marshland Engineering Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DUG] Anti virus software >> So now I stick to the AV wetware between my ears. It's completely >> free and it has worked perfectly for me for the past 5 years (continuous use) and longer, cumulatively, over the past 20+. I agree. Every program I have tried has slowed my machine down dramatically. Ended up uninstalling them all and now run free and wild. Cheers Wallace _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
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