Haven't noticed AVG being that bad on CPU lately, but that might be because I rarely watch it run on single cores. But with lower CPU intensity comes lesser detection. See the virusbtn RAP chart. MSSE has not been in the same league with the other well-known names (the well known names that score well) for a while. It's stayed in the same general spot while the others have improved.
However, I'd take it MSSE in a heartbeat over McAfee or Norton. From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Antivirus AVG is too processor intensive. For security and low profile MSE works great. MMF <[email protected]> wrote: Any comments on AVG? I’ve been using it for several years and it hasn’t failed me yet! MMF From: Cynicalgeek <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Home Antivirus The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. If you're going the paid route, supposedly Kaspersky is the absolute best. I've been using MSSE for almost 2.5 years and have been very pleased. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hurry up! Time's almost out on the deal to get McAfee free for 3PCs. > http://preview.tinyurl.com/77u2zry "Receive a $55 prepaid card by mail from McAfee! Expires on 2/15/12 " So in two days, the Internet will be a safer place. ;-) If I'm going the free AV route, I'd prolly go MS Security Essentials. While it's limited in features, it does stop malware and spyware, and updates happen with Windows Update. For all of WU's problems, other things all seem to suck more. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- -cynicalgeek- cynicalgeek<at>gmail.com -- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Sent from Kaiten Mail for Android. Please excuse my brevity. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
