โApr-12-2014 07:52 AM
โApr-18-2014 12:56 PM
ralphnjoann wrote:strollin wrote:
Yes, the free versions of things work pretty well and are an attempt to get you to like that company's product so you will spring for their paid version. The paid version is not necessarily better though.
I used the free version of BitDefender and it was an OK AV, seemed to do the job. BitDefender had a sale on their paid version, $29 for 3 computers for 1 year. I thought that seemed like a good deal so purchased it and installed it on 3 computers. The full version of BitDefender is the most obnoxious piece of software I have ever used. It's intrusive, constantly bugs you to add additional services, blocks execution of software it doesn't like (but doesn't tell you it is blocking it). I've already removed the BitDefender "virus" from one of my computers and will probably remove it from the other 2 two as well.
I tried the free version of BitDefender and wound up uninstalling it. In addition to the above, when it won't let you install a program that it doesn't like, you are not given the option of overriding that decision. A major flaw IMHO.
โApr-18-2014 07:08 AM
strollin wrote:
Yes, the free versions of things work pretty well and are an attempt to get you to like that company's product so you will spring for their paid version. The paid version is not necessarily better though.
I used the free version of BitDefender and it was an OK AV, seemed to do the job. BitDefender had a sale on their paid version, $29 for 3 computers for 1 year. I thought that seemed like a good deal so purchased it and installed it on 3 computers. The full version of BitDefender is the most obnoxious piece of software I have ever used. It's intrusive, constantly bugs you to add additional services, blocks execution of software it doesn't like (but doesn't tell you it is blocking it). I've already removed the BitDefender "virus" from one of my computers and will probably remove it from the other 2 two as well.
โApr-17-2014 05:09 PM
mikestock wrote:
I had a bout with SweetPacks and, for some reason, Malwarebytes didn't remove it. I finally ran Spyhunter in safe mode to get rid of it. It wouldn't do it in standard run mode.
โApr-17-2014 04:57 PM
โApr-17-2014 10:43 AM
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.
โApr-17-2014 09:02 AM
โApr-17-2014 08:38 AM
โApr-17-2014 08:26 AM
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.
โApr-17-2014 06:10 AM
1492 wrote:steelpony5555 wrote:
Hmmmm pretty much a matter of opinion. It all depends on who you're talking too if it is good or not. There are just as many sites saying it is good as there are bad just like any of these programs. I have use MSE on previous computers and now Windows Defender with my windows 8.1.
Is that include Microsoft themselves? When Dennis Protection Labs posed the question of why MSE scored so poorly in their AV test, "Holly Stewart, the senior program manager of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, said that Microsoft Security Essentials was just a โbaselineโ thatโs designed to โalways be on the bottomโ of antivirus tests. She said Microsoft sees MSE as a first layer of protection and advises Windows users to use a third-party antivirus instead."
Please feel free to link to any AV review from reputable sites that claim MSE to be even comparable to other free AV software in terms of protection?
โApr-16-2014 10:10 PM
steelpony5555 wrote:
Hmmmm pretty much a matter of opinion. It all depends on who you're talking too if it is good or not. There are just as many sites saying it is good as there are bad just like any of these programs. I have use MSE on previous computers and now Windows Defender with my windows 8.1.
โApr-16-2014 09:08 PM
โApr-16-2014 10:07 AM
steelpony5555 wrote:
PS If you have a pre Windows 8 OS use Microsoft Security Essentials. If you have a Windows 8 machine then MSE will not work on it but Windows Defender has been updated to be equivalent to MSE.
โApr-16-2014 07:12 AM
โApr-16-2014 06:18 AM