security software

Hi, my name is Mark and I hear so many conflicting stories I thought I would ask the masses. I talked with an "IT" guy and he says he runs Microsoft security essentials and that's all he runs and it works great. He says many others run it and no problems. However many others including some other tech guys say it does nothing for security or spyware/malware. What are the facts on this....!!!!

 

Greetings, MarkT, and welcome to MajorGeeks...

That's a wide open question - if you'll search the forums you'll find that the subject has been debated extensively. That being said, I'll weigh in with my opinion (since you're asking):

I don't order seafood when I go to a steakhouse. IMO Microsoft has too many fronts to cover to involve themselves with spyware and virus protection, so for my computer defense I tend to depend upon dedicated protection companies whose sole purpose is anti-spyware and anti-virus.

I'm sure others will jump onboard with their recommendations - just remember that the best internet defense is common sense.

 

As Caliban said you will find many pro's and con's to any protection software,some people have a bad experience with one particular application that work perfectly for someone else.

All my PCs use the same format, MS security essentials,superantispyware and Malwarebytes, both the latter are paid versions that give real time protection.

The main thing about protection is to be aware where you are surfing and what links you click (if you are not sure about any link or e-mail attachment) °DO NOT OPEN IT

Today attacks on PCs is big business and there are plenty of bad guys out there who are ready to exploit any weakness they find.

 

I've used several antivirus programs over the years (McAfee, Avast, Avira, and a couple of others). I now use MSE. How good is it? I don't really know since in 15 years of internet use I've never been infected with anything. That's likely more a result of my surfing habits than any particular antivirus.

 

Hi my friend , welcome to MG's :major

As members told before the use is the important think having a clean computer , sometimes there is a conflict between antivirus and programmes , you could check your computer with this antivirus cd

http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163

burning with ( from clean computer )

http://www.majorgeeks.com/ImgBurn_d4870.html

inspecting your computer , no other is needed , one time a week you have to use this useful cd , yesterday i found 3 fuc!@#g trojan for instance , this is my way :wave

 

Again, I can play both sides of the coin. I have 4 computers, 2 with MSE and 2 with Avast, and all with Superantispyware and Malwarebytes, no problems on any so far.