Your views on Microsoft Security Essentials
Mar 16, 2012 | 4:10 pm
#16
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I see no need for any other program. I do not know what "Basic" protection is, but I do know it works and keeps me virus free. I also have seen it remove viruses that the I guess :Advanced" ones do not.
Just get it, install it and stop worrying about it. As other stated it is free, to data I have put it on more that 20 different machines for friends and family and all have been running virus free for years.
My sister got a PC at Christmas and it had Norton pre installed, she kept it up to date and then she got a virus in a email. The one that pretends to be nit-virus and hijacks your web browser and anti-virus program. We got lucky this is a bad but somewhat stupid virus we were able to go back about 5 restore points previous and then install MS/SE and never saw that virus again. That is all she runs now.
If this is "Basic" it is exactly all I want or need.
Just get it, install it and stop worrying about it. As other stated it is free, to data I have put it on more that 20 different machines for friends and family and all have been running virus free for years.
My sister got a PC at Christmas and it had Norton pre installed, she kept it up to date and then she got a virus in a email. The one that pretends to be nit-virus and hijacks your web browser and anti-virus program. We got lucky this is a bad but somewhat stupid virus we were able to go back about 5 restore points previous and then install MS/SE and never saw that virus again. That is all she runs now.
If this is "Basic" it is exactly all I want or need.
Mar 19, 2012 | 6:15 pm
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I did have AVG free on my machine but someone suggested that I try it as an alternative and I've been very happy so far with it.
Mar 21, 2012 | 12:58 pm
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Silly for me to not have had Malwarebytes installed (I'd used it on my all my previous machines).
Mar 21, 2012 | 5:55 pm
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My main objection to MSE is that *as a condition of use* it sends data back to Microsoft. Sorta like G and Apple do with location services on the Android and iPhone. Only (at the time I checked) Microsoft wasn't specific about what was sent.
The other commercial packages generally allow you to opt-out of the phone-home stuff.
The other commercial packages generally allow you to opt-out of the phone-home stuff.
Mar 22, 2012 | 1:18 am
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Seems to work fine enough on my laptop and netbook ^ No issues yet
Seems to work fine enough on my laptop and netbook ^ No issues yet