Originally Posted by
cordelli
To me that's like saying you will only put your seatbelt on when you get into an accident, there's no need for it the rest of the time as you have gone years without needing it.
In the case of virus and malware, it's way better to deal with it before it gets to your machine, than it is to try to fix it later. I'm all for prevention instead of cure in this case.
Agreed, but many have found that pure anti-virus and most commercial internet suite type products are not very good at catching and preventing Trojans, and Trojans (like the fake anti-virus programs) are creating more problems than viruses lately. Almost all the anti-malware products that can catch these seem to provide a major performance hit, as was previously mentioned regarding TeaTimer.
I'm glad MSE looks at both and seems to take little or no toll on performance. But I'm not yet certain how good it is, as I haven't seen it take on a serious Trojan or rootkit infestation. So I continue to recommend MSE with a weekly run of MalwareBytes.