Windows 8
While typing I hit a button somewhere and now everything has been reduced to where I can't read it. This is a new computer, I have searched fore the answer but can't find what happened. I should a...
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Something I do not get here is why so many companies are so eager to give everybody free security protection (I assume that most never upgrade to the pay versions of the AV software)
MS took hits in the past over insecure code, and pushing out MSE makes sense as a way for them to keep close tabs on their software performance in the wild. I get it why they would offer it for free - it makes their stuff more valuable.
In past, also, MS would appease and let "partners" like Norton, McAffee, et. al. take on most of the security...maybe MS changed their minds a bit.
I have seen articles that suggest MSE's shortfalls are not necessarily as dangerous as comparison test data reports seem to paint it. Statistics can be reported to say anything.
Why is there so little info on MSRT vs Malwarebytes - it's like nobody speaks about MSRT? Does it get the big bugs and just not bother w/ the more benign little tracker things that free 3rd party AV apps are happy to report?
Full disclosure: I am very unhappy woth how MS is now trashing its popular OS, and find it VERY poor business behavior. To then say "but W7 and W8.x are so secure" - two faced. Who can believe a word they say, and what will they say about W7 and W8 down the road.
I do not want another jackhammer Win OS to do the tacky little computer needs I have, but I might be willing to try W9 if that is how I get high contrast black. I am gonna give them the coming year to maybe impress me a bit.
MS took hits in the past over insecure code, and pushing out MSE makes sense as a way for them to keep close tabs on their software performance in the wild. I get it why they would offer it for free - it makes their stuff more valuable.
In past, also, MS would appease and let "partners" like Norton, McAffee, et. al. take on most of the security...maybe MS changed their minds a bit.
I have seen articles that suggest MSE's shortfalls are not necessarily as dangerous as comparison test data reports seem to paint it. Statistics can be reported to say anything.
Why is there so little info on MSRT vs Malwarebytes - it's like nobody speaks about MSRT? Does it get the big bugs and just not bother w/ the more benign little tracker things that free 3rd party AV apps are happy to report?
Full disclosure: I am very unhappy woth how MS is now trashing its popular OS, and find it VERY poor business behavior. To then say "but W7 and W8.x are so secure" - two faced. Who can believe a word they say, and what will they say about W7 and W8 down the road.
I do not want another jackhammer Win OS to do the tacky little computer needs I have, but I might be willing to try W9 if that is how I get high contrast black. I am gonna give them the coming year to maybe impress me a bit.
