Microsoft Security Essentials BETA is out

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:37 pm

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essen ... urces.aspx

"protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software."

They've been doing very good in the tests at AV-Comparatives.org

No nags, just quietly works.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:46 pm

Grabbed it.

Andrzej · Post by **Andrzej** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:28 am

...Not available in your country or region...

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:12 pm

Cat, IYO, Do you think this M$ product is better than ESET or Kaspersky?

Thoughts?

thx

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:39 pm

Too early to tell..gotta give it a while to show steady performance. They really ramped it up for the upcoming release, the last AV-Comparatives article it edged both of them out a tiny bit. Been doing very well at other reviews too.

Time will tell, I suspect it will do quite well. I suspect it will become the best free AV for sure.

The one compliant people have so far, no logging feature. But again, it's still just BETA...will be final soon though.

But the BETA release hit it's 75,000 mark..it's over for now. Keep checking.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:20 pm

Didn't try it yet. Too damn lazy.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:26 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Too early to tell..gotta give it a while to show steady performance. They really ramped it up for the upcoming release, the last AV-Comparatives article it edged both of them out a tiny bit. Been doing very well at other reviews too.

Time will tell, I suspect it will do quite well. I suspect it will become the best free AV for sure.

The one compliant people have so far, no logging feature. But again, it's still just BETA...will be final soon though.

But the BETA release hit it's 75,000 mark..it's over for now. Keep checking.

How much memory does it eat up?

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:24 pm

CableDude wrote:Didn't try it yet. Too damn lazy.

How come?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:57 am

24giovanni wrote:How come?

Zero motivation, just can't seem to care.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:11 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD1WfImw ... annel_page

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:27 am

CableDude wrote:How much memory does it eat up?

On the Windows 7 Ultimate rig I have running on an old P4 HyperThread 2.8 with 2 gigs of RAM, it's using 40,800K.

While a tad on the heavy side...it doesn't feel too heavy. If it's detection rates are top notch, cleaning ability top notch, totally free and nag free....seems to even out the package well.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:22 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD1WfImw ... annel_page

Good stuff there.

Checking out some of his other videos too.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:18 pm

Installed on Windows 7 ultimate with no problems.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:15 pm

Not accepting more peeps for now.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:21 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Not accepting more peeps for now.

lol.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:01 pm

Very good program.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:19 pm

CableDude wrote:Very good program.

Yessireee!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:44 pm

Not eating up too much memory on Vista Home Basic.

22 MB & 588K

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:12 pm

Is it still in Beta stage?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:26 pm

24giovanni wrote:Is it still in Beta stage?

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:00 pm

So it is still beta, any ideas when it will be RTM?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:15 pm

Just found an infected MP3 file. Glad I never played it.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:21 am

So do we recommend this over avast? Running Win 7 Ultimate

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:03 pm

When does this product got to OEM? Any ideas?

thx

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:00 pm

24giovanni wrote:When does this product got to OEM? Any ideas?

thx

It hasn't been announced but it is speculated sometime around the official release of Windows 7 in late October.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:17 pm

mnosteele52 wrote:It hasn't been announced but it is speculated sometime around the official release of Windows 7 in late October.

Good to know.

thx for letting me know.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:58 am

morbidpete wrote:So do we recommend this over avast? Running Win 7 Ultimate

Avira over Avast
MSE over Avira

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:32 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Avira over Avast
MSE over Avira

really? avira over avast? never liked avira. i felt like people had more issues with there pc when i switched them to avira.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:50 pm

morbidpete wrote:really? avira over avast? never liked avira. i felt like people had more issues with there pc when i switched them to avira.

Shouldnt if you set it to the highest settings, Avira finds more than Avast.

I actually went from NOD32 to Avira and have been happy with its results and performance.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:58 pm

morbidpete wrote:really? avira over avast? never liked avira. i felt like people had more issues with there pc when i switched them to avira.

Always did, found Aviras detection rates a bit better, and I had far far far too many complaints from end users about their systems running slow/bogged down when I would put Avast on their machines.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:03 pm

Using this with avira antivir good enough for my computer's security, malware and what not?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:25 pm

24giovanni wrote:Using this with avira antivir good enough for my computer's security, malware and what not?

I wouldn't run two AV's at once.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:55 am

CableDude wrote:I wouldn't run two AV's at once.

QFT!

Running 2x (or more) antivirus programs at the same time on a computer, not good for stability, real time protection of each AV can interfere with another, and even reduce the real time protection effectiveness of both. You can disable the real time protection of one and use it just for scans.

24giovanni wrote:Using this with avira antivir good enough for my computer's security, malware and what not?

Many things combined will contribute towards the security of a computer.
No single solution is 100% effective.
*Maintain Microsoft Updates and updates on all other web programs installed
*Don't leave blank Administrator passwords
*Stay away from sources known to be avenues of malware
*Use smarts

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:51 pm

IS MS security essentials and what YOSC said above enough then?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:59 pm

24giovanni wrote:IS MS security essentials and what YOSC said above enough then?

Well that would depend on how effectively you use your smarts.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:06 pm

Does anyone know why when I set it to run a full scan at a certain time that it does not start?

thx

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:24 pm

24giovanni wrote:Does anyone know why when I set it to run a full scan at a certain time that it does not start?

thx

it actually does work, it take about 15 minutes to start after the scheduled time. strange

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:36 am

MSE rocks man! Yesterday a colleague brought in a hard drive from a PC that would not complete booting to desktop, the screen would simply go solid blue background...mouse cursor was responsive..but nothing else. Not even safe mode.

Slaved drive to our bench PC here, started browsing the users profile directory, right away MSE started to jump up alerts. MSE found about 25 trojans, MalwareBytes found another 32.

And this PC was protected by AVG!

All these trojans slipped past it.

It had been bit by a new rogue variant called XP Deluxe Protector
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-r ... -protector

User was a heavy Facebook user, and Limewire!

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:56 am

seems you can still get it here.

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:57 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:User was a heavy Facebook user, and Limewire!

love those .... and they never listen when you try to tell them ...

oh well - repeat business