The free versions of AVG, Avast and Avira all score better than MSE (virusbtn.com RAP averages chart). As for noisiness or overhead, MSE just about killed my old P4-1.7 512MB laptop during updates, but with AVG it's only as slow as it should be. I've heard others with similar complaints about MSE.
So yes, it's better than nothing, but other than that, a disadvantage compared to the other well-known same-priced alternatives. I could say something positive about it if it was installed by default, the same way MS installs IE by default, because I agree that AV that doesn't stop working should be standard equipment on Windows. But they haven't done that yet. Windows should prompt the user about AV at first startup the same way it prompts about firewall and automatic updates. Carl From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Bink.nu | Free Microsoft Security Essentials Coming for Small Businesses - Bink.nu It's not a blank check to just do whatever you want and think you're protected, that's true. But neither are seat belts and yet seat belts are still a good idea. I absolutely encourage residential users to install MSE - because 75% of them won't install ANYTHING if they don't. And MSE is an awful lot better than nothing, and even better than some of the free products out there. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> www.rolandschorr.com <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bink.nu | Free Microsoft Security Essentials Coming for Small Businesses - Bink.nu I don't follow what you mean here. My gripe is home-users using MSE with a sense of assurance of adequate protection. For the record, I don't hate Microsoft. But I have a couple of axes to grind against a couple of their product groups - just as I do with other companies. -- ME2 On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: Not sure how it does that unless you just hate Microsoft and all that it stands for. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> wrote: Which goes back to my opinion of it for the residential/consumer. Its not adequate protection for the generally reckless and uninformed behavior of the general public. -- ME2 On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: MSE is not currently for Business PCs. Using it on them violates the license. While they have announced a version for small businesses, it is not yet licensed for that purpose so it's good that you are a responsibile engineer and not viloating the ToS and potentially exposing your company to a liability it shouldn't have. As for work, that's why Microsoft provides WSUS so you can remain responsible in testing your environment. Steven On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: On 23 Sep 2010 at 15:33, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > Not trying to be terribly anal here, but there are a few things I don't > trust to free products, and this is at the top of the list. > > MSE doesn't chart well comparatively imho, and from what I see in the > San Diego area, it doesn't perform well IRL[1]. One other thing -- for MSE to work and update, "Automatic Updates" have to be completely enabled. 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