Comments on: Microsoft never said you need to install another antivirus along with Security Essentials

By: Vinod

Vinod — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:35:00 +0000

I believe that I use MSE in my Dell Laptop O/S Windows 7 from many years and never faced any issue uptil now

By: Beteng

Beteng — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:49:00 +0000

Oh I forgot, it was easily detected and corrected by Avast home user anti virus. How about that Microsoft?

By: Beteng

Beteng — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 06:46:00 +0000

I was infected with a virus that windows defender doesn’t know it even existed. Come on Microsoft, admit you’re not the all cure for the world’s problem. Leave other things on the hands of other experts, otherwise you will crumble on your own weight.

By: Juan Figueroa

Juan Figueroa — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:07:00 +0000

When i used MSE it protected my laptop from everything i can think. I ditch because another problem non-related to virus detection (after for a while it was eating too much cpu when scanning files that were being opened). But i guarantee that it protected me 100% and i say so because i’m sure. I visits a lot of sites well known or not well known.

By: Buck

Buck — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:14:00 +0000

In reply to Anand Khanse. Yes you could well be correct none of my social media friends will use security essentials, Yet my eldest son (a web designer) does as do I, now I have given up trying to convert them

By: Anand Khanse

Anand Khanse — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:14:00 +0000

In reply to bruinsensei. True, MSE or Windows Defender is so well integrated with the OS and light on resources too.

By: Anand Khanse

Anand Khanse — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:13:00 +0000

In reply to Buck. Could it be because of a possible concerted effort by all the security companies, to make MSE appear to be bad? After all, they are in the business of selling antivirus software.

By: Buck

Buck — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 23:24:00 +0000

I found the good side about security essentials is it does not keep nagging you with popups I found the free AVG did that whereas Avast has not well yet at least, I see nothing wrong with security essentials at all yet it got a bad name at onetime, I don’t know why

By: bruinsensei

bruinsensei — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:06:00 +0000

After Microsoft’s statement, “…if we are doing our job correctly, that’s what will happen,” what is implied is that if OTHER SECURITY VENDORS are doing their jobs correctly as well, given that they’re provided 100% of the technology that Security Essentials has, there should be no excuse for them not to at least meet this detection baseline. However this baseline is constantly moving up forcing all vendors to meet a certain protection standard effectively dictated by Microsoft on the Windows platform. After all, what security company wants to have a pay-for product that performs only as well or worse than what’s available for free?
What should be noted is that AV-Comparatives & other benchmarks are the reason many malware products – and you know which ones I’m referring to – are absolute CPU & memory pigs. Most of these independent malware gauntlets test for massive amounts of long irrelevant malware like SQL Slammer & Code Red that haven’t been threats in the wild for a decade. They don’t benchmark effectiveness in the real world & they don’t benchmark their systemic effects on productivity. No real security consultant takes them seriously.