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Apr 17, 2014Moderator
drsteve wrote:5er4evr wrote:That review is over three years old. MSE really is a poor choice for protection.
AVG or MSE read 2011
Not picking sides just reading and sharing.
And that's the issue. Back in 2009, MSE received top reviews from a number of sources. In the last two years, MSE protection capabilities has dropped drastically. Though its still rated high on its malware repair capabilities. Which may be a moot point if an AV package is unable to detect that it has been exploited by malware in the first place. Which can lead a user into a false sense of security?
What's apparently clear is that Microsoft is no longer developing MSE to compete with other free AV packages. True, MSE is better than having nothing. But with superior AV detection software available for free, one must also ask why take the risk of relying on MSE, which could allow malware to slip by into one's system, that would be detected by most other AV?
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