The probelm with AVG and Avast is that there are questions about their
accessibility with JAWS, particularly the most recent versions. So as an
alternative to MSE, I am considering Qihoo 360 Internet Security, which is
free and JAWS accessible , according to a few list members who have tried
it. And it has received mostly favorable reviews for ease of use and malware
detection. Can I disable MSE real-time protection and keep it on my PC and
use it only as a scanner in conjunction with another real-time anti-virus
program like 360 Internet Security? This way, I can go back to using MSE by
re-enabling real-time protection in the event that the alternate anti-virus
program doesn't work out and has to be uninstalled. My understanding is
that the XP version of MSE can no longer be installed, so once I remove it,
I probably wouldn't be able to re-install it again, and for this reason, I
would prefer to keep it on my PC as a fallback. As long as MSE real-time
protection is disabled, it should not conflict with another real-time
anti-virus program. Does this make sense? Thanks for any advice.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Flagging My PC Status As "At Risk"
Why not uninstall it and go to avast or avg?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 8:53 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Flagging My PC Status As "At Risk"
A few days ago, I posted that the Microsoft Security Essentials icon in
the System Tray of my XP PC was reporting its status as "potentially
unprotected". This morning, after I booted up and checked the System
Tray, the MSE icon is now reporting my PC status as "At Risk". Here is
the message that is displayed on the MSE Home tab:
PC status: At risk
Support for this operating system has ended, which means Microsoft
Security Essentials is no longer supported and your PC is at risk. To
make
sure your PC stays
protected, click the link below to see our end-of-support guidance for
operating systems.
While it is true that support for XP itself has ended, the XP version of
MSE continues to function. I successfully updated the database
definitions manually and ran a quick scan to verify this. So if MSE is
still working, then my PC is not really "At Risk", as the System Tray
icon reports, and I can only conclude that this is nothing less than
shameless scare mongering on the part of MS. Contrary to the message
above,reliable sources claim that support for MSE will continue through
July, 2015. So what is really going on? Are any other MSE users who are
still running XP also getting the "At Risk" icon in their System Tray?
Gerald
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