Proof that MSE SUCKS!

I have said it many times but noone believes, MSE is one of the worse antivirus programs out there! Yes it is light on resources but it sucks big time in protection!

I have had 2 viruses crawl twice on to my system even though I am a safe user. Furthermore, it sucks in deleting any threats

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Jul/Aug 2012

Avast! Free Antivirus FTW!

I didn't personally have MSE installed, I had it installed for my little sister who goes to Games sites for kids

when I visited home, I checked her PC and she had a popup from MSE saying that it detected 2 viruses, they were not viruses, but rather, false positives (I think one of them was a program that could extract your Office product keys / windows product keys so you can back them up incase you didn't have them), so I thought anyway,let me just delete them through MSE and get done with it since I never used those 2 apps anyway, MSE did its thing and I thought greaT! now we're done

then a few mins later, that same pop up from MSE comes up again saying that it dected them again, and it kept doing it! I restarted, went into safe mode, but MSE kept reporting them. and I am 100% sure they are safe as they were not detected by my previous Kaspersky Internet Security nor Eset Smart Security nor Bitdefender Internet Security

That's my simple story and it is just false positives, I can only imagine how one might be infected but never know since he has that piece of crap called MSE that many people believe in. But tests online show the opposite

Just go to Wilders Security Forums and see what people think of that junk

 

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Jul/Aug 2012

The results also speak for themselves:

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc428/berryracer/MSE.png

Why don't you think AV Comparatives doesn't even include MSE in their tests??

 

Since you believe it was false positives; did you update the virus definitions after the first instance?

Most AV come up with false positives from time to time; the important thing is how quick they issue a correction.

 

Some random internet review site says this software is junk! OMG Its on the internet it must be right! Lots of people swear by cnet for downloads too, but i know better then that.

 

Great thread, good points made. In my experience applying updates and patches to the supported OS you are using, along with a firewall and a decent AV program are going to keep you in decent shape. Adding some real time malware protection such as http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756 adds another layer of protection.

As DavidGP suggested, Safe Surfing is critical and often under-rated.

Other things one might consider are running a sand box, a virtual machine or even surfing the web with a Linux Live CD.

Ultimately, there are no guarantees.

<jackson browne> Everybody walks right by like they're safe or something. They don't know... </jackson browne>

 

You are misinformed. Microsoft Security Essentials Ranks as Best-Performing Free Antivirus

 

I build custom PCs and have loaded MSE on at least 10 without any problems and have run it on my 2 PCs for over 1 year.
I have one client who no matter what protection you give him he will get virus/trojans and such because he is a lunatic and spends most of his time in warez/porn sites but all the rest are happy bunnies.
When i load an OS (customers choice) i put MSE as the antivirus and use Microsoft firewall then i install SUPERAntiSpyware Free from MGs http://majorgeeks.com/SUPERAntiSpyware_d5116.html and basically that is all unles a customer wants Malwarebytes Anti-Malware which is shareware and that is also available from here.
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

If they use safe surfing then that is 90% of the problems removed.

 

Or the free version of MBAM.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/

 

You know, I have not been infected for the last 10 years (malware or virus), and been prompted to quarantine twice at the most. I have yet to see ANY antivirus that is 100% foolproof. Where there is a will, there is a way. At some point, the blame has to lie squarely on the user's shoulders.

Safe computing is just like safe sex, you don't engage in risky activities UNLESS you yourself know how to avoid the risks.

Prophylactics fail, and so does antivirus. However in each case, infection could have been avoided by the user.