Bad news if you’re relying MSE to protect you against malware, A-V Test reports.
MSE dropped to 10.5 out of a possible 18. Other software dropped 1-2 points as well.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and VIPRE Internet Security were among 16 of the 23 products tested which dropped in their scores.
You can get the full report here: http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/sepoct-2012/
BitDefender, F-Secure Internet Security and Kaspersky Internet Security scored the highest, which has been a trend. Norton scored 15, down slightly from its prior 15.5.
The business products scored similar values.
So, if you’re in the market for a security product, keep the above in mind. Also, I always suggest two additional steps: Be careful about where you browse and use a Guest Account for your browsing. That way, your Administrator privileges are not accessible by any malware you encounter and deny any installation of software to that Guest Account.. Virtual browsing is a good measure, too. Also… make a disc image every week.
Source:
http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/305401-microsoft-fails-av-test-certification
Always used MSE and never had problems before... but that was when it was scoring highly compared to the other free programs. Maybe it's time for a change.
Does Comodo's free firewall have many nags to buy their other software? I used to use a free one from another company and their nags got progressively worse until I scrapped it. Honestly I would have paid some pittance to just get rid of the nags.
No.
...and the other one would have been AVG ...
Thank you (both). Took me awhile to think of it but the other one was Zone Alarm, no surprise that more than one is nag-crazy. Too bad it was "the entire suite" or nags on the firewall, a pay firewall-only would have been a nice option. In fairness that's been a couple of years, don't really know how it is now.
I gave up on ZA when it decided to auto-renew itself without me OK'ing the purchase....
The ZA firewall (free - lol) is a bear to uninstall and can really wreak havoc if not done correctly.
As for Comodo, I do use their Comodo Dragon (Chrome) Browser... and their anonymous portal. All the Chrome Extensions work with it, and my IS is BitDefender for a couple of years now.
Hasn't let me down yet.
Personally I do not want a half baked piece of software no matter how much I want it now. When I bought OD I knew it was for windows 7. I also knew I was going to upgrade to windows 8. That was my decision so I will wait for windows blinds and I am happy to do so. like I said I want my software fully baked like my pies with a crisp crust.
I used to use ZA but it would suck the life out of my computer. I loved the UI but it took forever to load after a reboot.
See?
There ARE people out there who understand....
Karma to you, sir...
Me too... I installed Win 8 and knew full well that I'd have to wait for WB and other SD apps to be Win 8 ready.
Now where's me f***ing kama????
https://forums.wincustomize.com/437242 for your Kama
Don't have a clue what they paid, but MS bought RAV antivirus, what is now MSSE, from a Romanian company, GeCAD. I actually used RAV for awhile back in the day and it was considered quite good at the time. They also bought another AV company called Sybiri. For awhile, MSSE was quite good, good enough for our tech support guy to have us use it for all our network desktops (we use Clam AV for the server, which is not well-known but quite good and donation-supported). Disappointing MS haven't continued to give SE the resources it apparently needs.
You have enough already, you greedy sod....whereas TechNoWeb had none...til I came along...
I used Clam AV until I found out it does not do any real time scanning.
Ah, but you initially gave it to him for understanding... right?
Well I understood... TOO.
All men were created equal....
... and credit where credit is due.
So! Where's me f**king karma.
P.S. Greedy sod, eh? From somebody who's not that far behind?
I'd suggest somewhere near the hepatic flexure, wot?
Yeah, I keep reading that this Comodo software is good, so I went over to their site to take a look. Hmmm, I'm rather impressed with their range of offerings and have downloaded the Internet Security Suite. Although Win 8 supposedly doesn't need 3rd party security software, I would feel better with a stronger line of defence, having read the OP.
Also, I bookmarked their page for future reference, given they have various solutions to PC maintenance, etc.
You might really consider browsing with Comodo Dragon (or Ice Dragon)... it's Chrome with much higher security, and uses the same extensions.
It runs only on our network server which doesn't have much need for real-time scanning.
I'm using Immunet on my XP rig in the living room. It's cloud based and has such a small footprint, I don't even notice it running. This rig isn't exactly slopping over with power and memory. (Sempron 1.8 GHz /1.5 GB's RAM)
I needed something that wouldn't effect it's use as a media center but still offer real-time protection. So far, I am really liking it. Video runs smooth and I never need to worry about updating it.
Yeah, I have Ice Dragon installed, but I'm currently in FF as I'm still setting it up with my bookmarks and addons, etc. However, it does look promising and I'll be sure to give it a fair go to decide if it will be my default browser or not. With its added security features I'm guessing it might very well be.
What's the point of a AV program if it does not do real time scanning?
If you want real-time scanning that won't load the old box down, see my reply #45
Thanks, Wiz. Immunet sounds interesting but Server 2003 is not one of the OS's listed as supported.
In our case, the server is a file-server only (no Exchange) and touches the internet only for AV signature file updates and Windows Security updates, making real-time scanning less of an issue. It runs a scan daily and we have daily redundant backups. With our setup, our workstations are 'guarding the server' rather than the other way around. We are currently using MSSE on the workstations because it's free, but these sorts of reports have us considering going to a paid option. Our tech support vendor is currently recommending McAfee products as he feels they seem to have a more sensitive finger on the pulse and are quicker to respond to zero-day exploits. FWIW.
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