do NOT use MSSE anymore

[Nick R]

If you are still using Microsoft security essentials, you should not be. Even microsoft themselves have said it should not be used, as it is not anywhere close to as effective as others are.

http://www.howtogeek.com/173291/goodbye-...arty-antivirus/

AVG Free is very good these days, among others.

 

[Rand]

yep its been covered here a few times.. that article is from october 2013


in fact it was recently brought up in this post
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb..._Go#Post3365267

yesterday.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Rand
yep its been covered here a few times.. that article is from october 2013


in fact it was recently brought up in this post
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb..._Go#Post3365267

yesterday.


That is the entire reason I posted a new thread. When I saw that people were still using/recommending MSSE, I wanted to make a standalone thread so hopefully people would see it. I know that article is 6 months old, but it's still relevant.

By linking to a seperate post about a seperate AV you are assuming that people will read that one, and it's important enough to warrant it's own thread, to reiterate it.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Nick R
AVG Free is very good these days, among others.

There seem to be better free options out there...

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/janfeb-2014/


Plus, AVG's memory footprint is somewhat on the larger side. But if you have a boatload of RAM in your PC, it may not matter. For an older PC with not too much RAM, it may.

 

[ClutchDisc]

My vote would be for Avast free, I have not been impressed with AVG at all.

 

[Donald]

Pony up for ESET. Top rated by Consumer Reports recently.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Donald
Pony up for ESET. Top rated by Consumer Reports recently.


I actualy have been using bitdefender total security. I bought 2 of the 3x for 2 year license deals newegg had a while back for $10 each or whatever it was. It's pretty nice so far, though I did disable the built in firewall and reenable the windows one, because it was interfering with network samba file transfers.

 

[Rand]

webroot 2014 is 5$ currently on newegg (may end soon)

out of free I'd go

Avira then avast

but I've had to fix bad stuff on many computers with everything except eset, and kaspersky.

most frequent victims were

McAFEE, OLDER Norton(new is good),avast, avira,avg

and good ole number 1.... MSE
of course some of that is from marketshare.