http://lifehacker.com/microsoft-admits-that-third-party-antivirus-is-more-eff-1441135677
Took them a while to confirm it, but MSE has sucked for months.
Took them a while to confirm it, but MSE has sucked for months.
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MSE has probably saved billions of infections just because it was installed by default, or was from MS and was thus trusted. The fact that such a popular AV (and because its the default and from MS) has been targeted by malware is no surprise.
MSE has probably saved billions of infections
Combined with something like OpenDNS, it's not a bad first line of defense for customers that don't want to spend any money. I've had pretty good luck with it for light internet users ( although, ya, the heavy web/porn/warez users still need something beefier ).I haven't seen it prevent much.
I think it's probably saved some infections, but billions? More like dozens.
It's better than nothing, that's about it.
I haven't seen it prevent much.
I think it's probably saved some infections, but billions? More like dozens.
It's better than nothing, that's about it.
Combined with something like OpenDNS, it's not a bad first line of defense for customers that don't want to spend any money. I've had pretty good luck with it for light internet users ( although, ya, the heavy web/porn/warez users still need something beefier ).
It's upside is low false positives
http://lifehacker.com/microsoft-admits-that-third-party-antivirus-is-more-eff-1441135677
Took them a while to confirm it, but MSE has sucked for months.
Annnd I'm sold.
MSE is free