AV certainly seems like voodoo to a lot of people, but its inaccurate to say that one free one is as good as any. The tests, shootouts, etc, would suggest otherwise - as would my own experiences.
MSE is yet another bandwagon that I am surprised to see people so quick to jump on. I dont see how its got any proven track record that it should be recommended over other more established free alternatives. And on top of that, I also agree with the conflict of issues raised with Microsoft being an OS and AV vendor. Microsoft has been known to intentionally hide issues with their products. How could one not suspect that they would not stifle a definition file that would reflect on an issue with another Microsoft product? I'm not running around thinking the sky is falling on this one, but it is still a consideration. -- ME2 On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Mike Gill <[email protected]>wrote: > AV is voodoo. It’s a dark art. No AV out there is 100%. But as the free > ones go, for personal or SoHo, MSSE is as good as any. I don’t have to deal > with a bunch of people calling once a year to update their AVG that only > mentions the commercial product when a new version comes out, or the full > screen once a day banner ads Avira tosses at you. ~ 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
