Swaggie
Following the advise of an MS certified person 0ne year ago I stopped using the combination of NOD32 and Malwarebytes and installed the "you beauty freebee" Microsoft Security Essentials in my new laptop.
Well, during the weekend the bank have to stop my internet bank facility because a virus in my laptop.
It cannot be, I said! it is up to date and protected.
Craps! I run NOD32 and there were 58 infections on it after Malwarebytes removed 3 Trojans and 12 spyware.
Today my laptop is back to NOD32/Malwarebytes combo like in the last trouble free 7 years 24/7 use.
MS can shovel their insecurity software
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i'll have it over those two any day of the week.Originally Posted by Chucaro
MS can shovel their insecurity software
there is no 100% solution and if you don't update and scan daily, nothing will save you.
malwarebytes at least has some redeeming features if you install run and uninstall but nod32 is rubbish.
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Shifted to MSE after nod32 started letting bugs through. So far, so good.
Swaggie
Oh well, I just downloaded the trail version.
If NOD32 now is rubbish and IMO MSE as well which is the leader in antivirus software now?
Bitdefender?
Kaspersky?
Wizard
I run norton 360.(symantec).
Its been very good with my laptops that I've used over the years.Lets me know if I'm downloading a virus or whatever.Runs silently in the background.
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SubscriberThe only reason Norton stops other viruses is because it wants to be the only bloody virus on your computer. Bloody thing. Talk about using up system resources to no end....
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On advice from my IT savvy mate, I recently cancelled Norton 360 and converted to MS Security Essentials. I also pay $30 pa for email virus protection from my service provider Westnet.
Dave - I get an auto update each time I switch on, but my question is what is then the benefit of running scans, and how ofter should deep scans be run (I've never really understood the difference between updates and scans)
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Swaggie
The updates are to update the virus definicions (new virus) the scan is to scan your HDD files to see if they are clean of virus or malware.
The problem with MSE is that it is a sieve and allow to enter virus in the computer.
Good software (like the old Eset) should block the page and ask the user if he/she would like to continue.
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to be blunt, that is rubbish arthur.
mse also has a better clean up rate than most others if something does get through, tho like i said, nothing stops them all these days because they come thru the same ports that you use to view web pages so if you allow a web page through the firewall the virii and trojans get through as well.
based on what i see come through the door every week
norton 360 is fine if it will keep running on your system without killing it after being there a month or so and it kills heaps.
norton antivirus on it's own is a much better product than 360
avg anything is crap at the moment as well
kaspersky antivirus, not internet security or pure, is the best pay one at the moment but it doesnt clean up as well as mse at times
most of the rest are hopeless.
avast is another free one that does a better job than most pay ones but it gets way to many false positives at times and is a pesterer.
just my well worn opinion
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2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
Swaggie
You are entiled to your opinion, I just base my on what had happens to my main LT and the old one as wellto be blunt, that is rubbish arthur.
mse also has a better clean up rate than most others if something does get through, tho like i said, nothing stops them all these days because they come thru the same ports that you use to view web pages so if you allow a web page through the firewall the virii and trojans get through as well.
based on what i see come through the door every week
norton 360 is fine if it will keep running on your system without killing it after being there a month or so and it kills heaps.
norton antivirus on it's own is a much better product than 360
avg anything is crap at the moment as well
kaspersky antivirus, not internet security or pure, is the best pay one at the moment but it doesnt clean up as well as mse at times
most of the rest are hopeless.
avast is another free one that does a better job than most pay ones but it gets way to many false positives at times and is a pesterer.
just my well worn opinion
In both cases the malware bypassed MSE and disabled the Win7 firewall and protection.
In both cases Malware byte detected the problem a fix it.
In both cases the scan of MSE was unable to detect 3 trojans plus several spyware.
So it is not rubbish what I said is true, MSE is a sieve.
If the other antivirus software are as bad as MSE, well you see more computers than me and I understand your fustration, it appears that the bad people are winning
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