Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
Originally Posted By: lugNutz
Originally Posted By: Mystic
I keep seeing that commercial again and again on TV. I am sick of it.
I will stay with programs like ESET, Bitdefender (maybe), Kaspersky, maybe F-Secure, Hitman Pro and Malwarebytes, and the ESET Online Scan.
Ever consider Microsoft's security?? It's free and works great. Been running it for 3 years and never had an issue. I work for a .NET environment in IT and it's all we use. Never had an issue there either.
Are you talking about MS Security Essentials? IIRC they stopped supporting it a couple of months ago.
I use System Center Endpoint Protection. Still being updated and supported by MS.
Originally Posted By: Mackelroy
MSE by itself is very weak, but combined with something like Malwarebytes pro, its a bullet proof package.
Depending on what you are referring to, maybe it's weak. I never mentioned the latter but THIS is my exact setup. However, we did some in house testing by compiling different virus/spyware attacks and put multiple AV's/IS's up to the challenge. We tested ESET, Norton, McAfee (horrible), Panda, MS, Kaspersky, and a few others. Believe it or not, MS's IS by itself caught the most vulnerabilities of any of the apps tested for viruses. It did not perform all that well for Spyware/Adware, and Malwarebytes pro did the best in that category. So you could see how these two coupled together are great!
When it comes to security it's as simple as how vulnerable the user makes their system. Any new viruses/spyware/adware/etc. will get through ANY system on ANY security setup, until those apps are updated to stop those types of attacks. What you really need to worry about is finding one or two different security apps in which the company is quick at implementing defense against the latest threats. System usage is also another consideration and most do a good job of writing asynchronous code to not steal all the VM. Just remember that there is NO perfect security app.. The best to do would be to demo the apps with the trials and see how they work with YOUR daily usage. I prefer simple and have tried a lot of different securities, but most of them don't compare to MS security coupled with MalwareBytes for both performance and security.
Also, if you are browsing in unknown places, YOU are making your system vulnerable, not your security.