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UnsteadyKen
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: MS Security Essentials is boring.
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FromTheRafters
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"UnsteadyKen" <unsteadyken RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've been running MS SE
> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
> on vista Home Basic for 3 weeks now and have
> nothing negative to say about it, no abnormal memory usage;
> frequent updates and seems pretty light on system resources.
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> Haven't tested it on live viruses, viri? apart from:
> http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
> which it dealt with satisfactorily.
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> All very boring and hopefully efficient.
What recommendations do you have for more entertaining security
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UnsteadyKen
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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FromTheRafters said...
> What recommendations do you have for more entertaining security
> software?
Panda Cloud has a cute tray icon and a mildly amusing video on the home
page.
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/
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David H. Lipman
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David H. Lipman
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic.DeleteThis@nomail.afraid.org>
| "UnsteadyKen" <unsteadyken.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I've been running MS SE
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>> on vista Home Basic for 3 weeks now and have
>> nothing negative to say about it, no abnormal memory usage;
>> frequent updates and seems pretty light on system resources.
>> Haven't tested it on live viruses, viri? apart from:
>> http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
>> which it dealt with satisfactorily.
>> All very boring and hopefully efficient.
| What recommendations do you have for more entertaining security
| software?
LOL -- entertaining ?
Good security software should be boring!
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nobody >
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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David H. Lipman wrote:
> Good security software should be boring!
Unless the SHTF... then I want some excitement!! |
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Dustin Cook
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"nobody >" <usenetharvested RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in
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> David H. Lipman wrote:
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>> Good security software should be boring!
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> Unless the SHTF... then I want some excitement!!
>
Maybe a dragon breathing fire down on a small town, turning everything to
ash? Or is that over the top?
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Paul Jones
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:24:01 +0100, UnsteadyKen <unsteadyken.DeleteThis@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I've been running MS SE
>http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>on vista Home Basic for 3 weeks now and have
>nothing negative to say about it, no abnormal memory usage;
>frequent updates and seems pretty light on system resources.
>
>Haven't tested it on live viruses, viri? apart from:
>http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
>which it dealt with satisfactorily.
>
>All very boring and hopefully efficient.
Paul Thurrott writes on 19/10/2009 at:
http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/10/19/micros...-securi
"Microsoft previously reported that its new Security Essentials
anti-malware solution (see my review) had garnered 1.5 million downloads
in its first week of availability. Well, the numbers keep going up:
After two weeks, the download total stood at 2.6 million. Also, the
company tells me that Microsoft Security Essentials has achieved ICSA
Labs Anti-Virus Certification on Vista Ultimate 32-bit and Vista
Ultimate 64-bit in the Desktop/Server AV Detection & Cleaning Testing
criteria. This certification builds on its October certification from
West Coast Labs." |
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Jeanette
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:00 am Post subject: Re: MS Security Essentials is boring. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Paul Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:24:01 +0100, UnsteadyKen <unsteadyken.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I've been running MS SE
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>> on vista Home Basic for 3 weeks now and have
>> nothing negative to say about it, no abnormal memory usage;
>> frequent updates and seems pretty light on system resources.
>>
>> Haven't tested it on live viruses, viri? apart from:
>> http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
>> which it dealt with satisfactorily.
>>
>> All very boring and hopefully efficient.
>
>
> Paul Thurrott writes on 19/10/2009 at:
> http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/10/19/micros...-securi
>
> "Microsoft previously reported that its new Security Essentials
> anti-malware solution (see my review) had garnered 1.5 million downloads
> in its first week of availability. Well, the numbers keep going up:
> After two weeks, the download total stood at 2.6 million. Also, the
> company tells me that Microsoft Security Essentials has achieved ICSA
> Labs Anti-Virus Certification on Vista Ultimate 32-bit and Vista
> Ultimate 64-bit in the Desktop/Server AV Detection & Cleaning Testing
> criteria. This certification builds on its October certification from
> West Coast Labs."
Main problem I am having with MSE on a clean install of Vista SP2 is
that for some reason its not updating the definitions. It will go for
days saying they are ok and then I check and new definitions are out
daily. I then update them manually. I just read that others are having
this issue also. |
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