Microsoft's free antivirus/antispyware suite is out of beta
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DMcFadden
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Who do you think has the most intelligence on hackers and malicious code in the entire world?
Every time a process fails because of malicious code the user has the option of sending the error information to Microsoft. Sometimes the script kiddies have their own machines fail as they're testing out their malware and click the button to send the error information to Microsoft. Microsoft sees all this data in the aggregate.
Security products like this are to reduce the amount of incidents that Microsoft has to deal with and, consequently, it will be as good as they can possibly make it. Anyone who understands the ITSM framework understands why this makes so much sense.
Every time a process fails because of malicious code the user has the option of sending the error information to Microsoft. Sometimes the script kiddies have their own machines fail as they're testing out their malware and click the button to send the error information to Microsoft. Microsoft sees all this data in the aggregate.
Security products like this are to reduce the amount of incidents that Microsoft has to deal with and, consequently, it will be as good as they can possibly make it. Anyone who understands the ITSM framework understands why this makes so much sense.
Rich,
Why confuse anything with facts? Obviously the 1% of users (and 0.01% of business users) know more than everyone else.
Why confuse anything with facts? Obviously the 1% of users (and 0.01% of business users) know more than everyone else.
I'd love to get the users who think their systems are protected by their OS behind a green door so they can realize that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
DeoOpt
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I use kaspersky and superAntispyware thay work just fine
I have avast and McAfee; do I have to uninstall them to download and try MS's?
No but I wouldn't recommend having more than one AV program on your machine as performance will dramatically suffer.
I did the same. I replaced Kaspersky with it.
I found some reviews of the beta version saying that it looked to be solid, but basic. I gather it is similar to what is offered by free AVG. Is there any information regarding whether the current release is as effective as the other free versions?
I do like that it is praised as not being a resource hog.
For what it's worth, I've been pretty happy with MS lately. They came out with a free accounting program earlier this year: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx
It's designed for small businesses and does more than what I need. The only draw back is that when it opens you are greeted by an ad suggesting you upgrade--but I can ignore that easily.
I do like that it is praised as not being a resource hog.
For what it's worth, I've been pretty happy with MS lately. They came out with a free accounting program earlier this year: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx
It's designed for small businesses and does more than what I need. The only draw back is that when it opens you are greeted by an ad suggesting you upgrade--but I can ignore that easily.
It does look like a very good product. I don't think I'll replace my paid AV (Eset) on those machines, but I will put it on the ones I have free-AV on.
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