No one program finds everything.
Also false positives can be a problem.
Avoid Symantec and McAfee.
If you are going to use MSE, check once in a while with a second program.
mike bader
On 9/7/2010 4:44 PM, Dan Goldberg wrote:
I have been using MS essentials on my machines for a couple of months
now and am not looking back. I put the db folder and the RBTI folders
as exceptions.
It found things that others did not find. As far as I have heard MS is
going to provide it for free indefinitely.
If you put it on a machine that has vista or windows 7 it will
automatically disable defender because it is an upgrade to it.
I remember the other AV companies upset about MS providing an
anti-virus. Symantec and MacAfee's stocks dropped 10 percent the day
MS announced it.
They already have version 2 in beta, which has firewall and web content.
Dan Goldberg
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*From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
*Dennis Fleming
*Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2010 12:54 PM
*To:* RBASE-L Mailing List
*Subject:* [RBASE-L] - O/T - virus software
Mcafee, Norton, etal.
Annoyed that company X auto-renewed my virus software!!!
Left a check box ... checked. Damn.
Looked at "Windows Essentials"
Free is a good price.
OK with RBase and will keep your PC's safe?
TIA,
Dennis
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