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RTSFirebat · Oct 30, 2009, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has given this a try yet? I've grown tired of AVG moaning at my to buy their full product.

So its a toss between Microsoft Security Essentials or aVast! for me.

But I was wondering if anyone has give Microsoft Security Essentials a try yet.

moriz · Oct 30, 2009, 10:51 PM // 22:51

it's pretty good so far. uses very little resources, unobtrusive, does everything automatically. it's basically what you want in your basic antivirus/antimalware software.

Elder III · Oct 31, 2009, 01:43 PM // 13:43

I can't say anything good or bad about MS Essentials (although I've heard mostly good about it), as I haven't tried it, I personally use Avast on every computer I work on and haven't had a single problem in 2+ years. It's reliable and has a relatively small footprint.... and no obnoxious reminders either.

Sca2pula · Nov 04, 2009, 06:44 AM // 06:44

It's been great so far. Detected a trojan which AVG 9 didn't as soon as I installed it. It also doesn't declare Texmod as malicious either which is useful. I love it but I certainly wouldn't suggest it to anyone that isn't aware of the dangers on the internet or isn't a very "wise" internet browser.

Dark Revenger · Nov 04, 2009, 01:57 PM // 13:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

it's pretty good so far. uses very little resources, unobtrusive, does everything automatically. it's basically what you want in your basic antivirus/antimalware software.

This. Except for "very little resources": 50Mb in background compared with Avira AntiVir which is only a mere 10Mb, and in my limited memory (512Mb) it really makes the difference sometimes.

Aljasha · Nov 04, 2009, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTSFirebat

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you can prevent the notifier from showing those pop-up messages. just google.

on-topic: i'll try it today and post my experiences once i made some.

rick1027 · Nov 04, 2009, 11:39 PM // 23:39

ive been running it along with avast every since i switched and had both catch the same thing at the same time and ive moved to avast about 8 months ago