MSE vs Avast! Free

Been using MSE for over a year now with no hassles at all.
 
MSE. Way lighter on resources and haven't had any problems for years. Have installed this on a number of different user's pc's and none of them had any problems. Common sense is the best virus ware though.
Avast is good but way heavier on the resources and tends to "get in the way".
 
Guy brought me his Pc last night and it was completely full of viruses, the virus that stops you from getting into the regedit and msconfig and restarts the Pc (brontok virus). So I popped on Malwarebytes and it removed the buggers. The Pc was running avast and the virus seems like it completely disabled Avast, so I popped on MSE. If it happens again I'm just going to suggest he get a paid anti-virus.
 
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Brontok is a name I haven't heard in a while... It always amazes me how people manage to get their PC's so loaded up with crap.

Like boggom said, common sense is the best security.
 
I have actually forgotten that I had MSE installed. Its virtually non-existent except when its required.

Another vote for MSE. Before MSE, I actually didnt use an AV as most are bloated to the nth degree.
 
I like Avira but the nag screen can be annoying so I just install MSE for people.
 
beans100 said:
Avast is better than MSE anyday of the month...finish en kla!!
We have MSE at work and I have Avast at home. Scan a friends flash at work, picked up nothing. Took it home to copy him something, scan at home, picked up 4 virusses...
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That is not a conclusive test. MSE has one of the lowest false positive rates for a reason. If the 'Virus' was removed, then you may just have lost some important documents.

For e.g. The company I work for runs trend micro and the amount of 'viruses' that it finds makes me want to pull my hair out. It finds 'viruses' on myBB quite regularly.
 
For some reason i just dont like avast,im running MSE.

I had a look at http://www.av-comparatives.org it seems avast detects more virus than mse,but mse is better at removing infections and avast has plenty of false positives where mse has none.
 
b1nary said:
For some reason i just dont like avast,im running MSE.

I had a look at http://www.av-comparatives.org it seems avast detects more virus than mse,but mse is better at removing infections and avast has plenty of false positives where mse has none.
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More viruses being detected does not mean it's better. Those could very well be false positives.
 
What is this viruses you guys talking about :wtf::confused:

Never have problem but then again i never click on silly site telling me I have won a million dollars

I do like avast never tried MSE
 
MSE gets my vote. It is a good free AV program, sits in the background as others have mentioned and is unobtrusive.
Avast does use more resources.

Having said that though, it lacks protection against spyware, and if you are installing for a person who just clicks on every popup, rather get one of the paid AV's - Norton 360, Mcrappee, Kaspersky, Eset that are better at preventing spyware.
 
Electron1 said:
MSE gets my vote. It is a good free AV program, sits in the background as others have mentioned and is unobtrusive.
Avast does use more resources.

Having said that though, it lacks protection against spyware. Use Microsoft Security Essentials to guard against viruses, spyware, and other evil software. It provides real-time protection for your home or small business PCs., and if you are installing for a person who just clicks on every popup, rather get one of the paid AV's - Norton 360, Mcrappee, Kaspersky, Eset that are better at preventing spyware.
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Uhm...

Use Microsoft Security Essentials to guard against viruses, spyware, and other evil software. It provides real-time protection for your home or small business PCs.
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OK, to clarify what I was saying, I believe MSE is a great Free antivirus, but for the click before thinking users I still recommend a good paid for antivirus as it will provide better protection.
 
Electron1 said:
OK, to clarify what I was saying, I believe MSE is a great Free antivirus, but for the click before thinking users I still recommend a good paid for antivirus as it will provide better protection.
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Again, read further up, MSE's latest version automatically removes viruses without any user interaction.
 
Due to all the punts on MSE I installed it for a lady the other day.

It came back to haunt me now as her PC got infected with Live Security Platinum (fake security software). It completely disabled MSE :sick:
/safe-mode > fix reg > remove Live Security Platinum.

I think Ill go back to putting Avast on whenever someone asks me.
 
Park@82 said:
Due to all the punts on MSE I installed it for a lady the other day.

It came back to haunt me now as her PC got infected with Live Security Platinum (fake security software). It completely disabled MSE :sick:
/safe-mode > fix reg > remove Live Security Platinum.

I think Ill go back to putting Avast on whenever someone asks me.
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that ***** will bypass Avast too
 
Park@82 said:
Due to all the punts on MSE I installed it for a lady the other day.

It came back to haunt me now as her PC got infected with Live Security Platinum (fake security software). It completely disabled MSE :sick:
/safe-mode > fix reg > remove Live Security Platinum.

I think Ill go back to putting Avast on whenever someone asks me.
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Hard to protect against a "Happy Clicker" - that said Nod32 has done a pretty good job for me over the last 6 years or so
 
TBH Happy Clickers deserve viruses, Online natural selection I call it. Getting a rogue virus from a USB stick or a trusted site that been hacked is a different story. But if you seriously think you have won $1000000 just by visiting a site, you must just stay away from the interwebs.
 
MSE +1

I have worked with a whole bunch of anti virus software before and personally prefer MSE. I actually Install it on everyones pc that I get to.

Just please stay away from AVG if you have a slow pc!!
 
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