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gremlin · Oct 20, 2011, 05:54 PM // 17:54

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Originally Posted by Kunder

MSE is excellent and lightweight. Its a sad fact of life that no matter what, a paid-for program with a free version is going to make its free version suck more and more as time goes on. Not just antivirus, its true for every program that tries to split along that line.

As with all antivirus questions, I feel compelled to give a reminder: Antivirus has a near-zero detection rate against viruses that you install yourself. Statistically the average infection is from a user running lolcats.avi.exe or something, try not to do that stuff.

Well said, I prefer my system to work on the principle of if in doubt deny access rather than accept if its not on a list of suspect files.
That's why I liked Avast.
Most of the time when my virus scan finds problems its either in the temporary internet files or a cookie.

I only access the internet through a user account not an admin one.

Browse with firefox and have noscript, ghostery and adblock plus installed.
Sometimes its a pain and it may be ott but I feel safer.

Wenspire · Oct 21, 2011, 01:03 AM // 01:03

I run MSE and AVG on separate PCs, along with paid Malwarebyte's. Whatever you end up running, I would highly recommend picking up Malwarebyte's considering it has free lifetime updates. I think most of the things that people get hit with is usually from the browsing of bad website links rather than running an infected program.

Just my $0.02...

Tarun · Oct 21, 2011, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Never run two or more antivirus programs on the same machine. You only ever need one.

Wenspire · Oct 22, 2011, 12:39 AM // 00:39

To clarify, I run MSE on one PC and AVG on a second PC. On both, I also run Malwarebytes which does not conflict with the AV programs.

Merciless Crusader · Oct 26, 2011, 10:14 AM // 10:14

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Originally Posted by Tarun

This. Exactly this.

Sadly, avast and AVG offer browsers and/or toolbars.

This is true, but remember all you have to do is uncheck or decline said browser/toolbar and job done.

I used Nod32 in the earlier days and it was my preferred AV but since it's become a "Security Suite" I find it bloated and slower.
Since then I've used only avast on all my systems and any systems I've worked on.

also for those who recommend MSE don't forget to take into account not everyone is as legitimate as you or I and may be running bootlegged Windows and as MSE uses MS update... need I say more?

Edit: Comparison Video for MSE & Avast 6 Detections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AzWIYvl39Y

Tarun · Oct 26, 2011, 04:23 PM // 16:23

If you run pirated Windows, it's your own fault and you will receive zero assistance here.

Merciless Crusader · Oct 26, 2011, 06:11 PM // 18:11

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Originally Posted by Tarun

If you run pirated Windows, it's your own fault and you will receive zero assistance here.

Agreed of course, I was just stating... MSE may not be feasible for some folk.

I still stick to my first recommendation of Avast with paid Malware bytes for the real time protection.

inti melch eye · Oct 27, 2011, 09:15 AM // 09:15

Personally the way I have Avira set up on my machine I don't have any issues.