MSE info please

[Unknown]

Wonderful wisdom?????? Of course you jest?

Thanks for sharing your wonderful wisdom with the rest of us Twayne!

 

[Bill Sharpe]

I have winxp pro sp3.

I have downloaded but not yet installed Microsoft Security Essentials.

Firstly a question. Do I have to uninstall all other malware and AV programs
if I do install?

I have read a few rave reviews on the net but would really appreciate any
comments from you guys here. I still see recomendations for Malwarebytes and
other stuff. So how many people here are in favourof MSE ?

tia

I've been using MSE and the Windows XP firewall for several months now.
Program seems less intrusive than my previous a/v program, AVG Free. No
problems so far.

Bill

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "joe" <[email protected]>

| I have winxp pro sp3.

| I have downloaded but not yet installed Microsoft Security Essentials.

| Firstly a question. Do I have to uninstall all other malware and AV programs
| if I do install?

| I have read a few rave reviews on the net but would really appreciate any
| comments from you guys here. I still see recomendations for Malwarebytes and
| other stuff. So how many people here are in favourof MSE ?

| tia


I was given a challenge in another news group. It basically concerned the quality of
Symantec.

So I submitted 33 new emerging threats to Virus Total and the following are the results...

35/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...e89cefe94d7f00b98756a443de3536f845-1263261630
31/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...cd07172502b785a411fe2d3a11bd060940-1263260629
26/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...b0b464dcea30c5981774ea3a77875cd8d5-1263260897
26/40 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...b65d5671969adcd701e96ac46fd8b9afd1-1263515428
21/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...371fe763b3e3a7ca4a3758a235879362aa-1263260375
21/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...69796b83e67156650df410a461f436b480-1263260440
21/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...ff153581af2383b3295de53d0de9ba4578-1263261353
20/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...beb4a5684075f9013a0ad587ba6981d8ce-1263260422
20/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...60aee12107cc2ed466547b26b55db81be8-1263261658
20/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...b6928bf0582511d179c479aea7db5ab7b6-1263515383
20/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...ef0608091ac15d5b977b34efcbb6b734b1-1263261788
20/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...0dc7619816d8604239aadc249fa2c43873-1263261972
19/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...3db731228a5b6fa460edd52b4b44e31414-1263515479
18/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...f9daa4a820d40e982f001a8cb3e4e5d130-1263262050
17/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...aa1c82627a0aef9c89e4d0e23bcf277c96-1263260874
16/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...14a91680fb8941212349ab103abdd0bac7-1263260400
14/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...5d5503e6c991a07cb35e131bdad588daee-1263260855
14/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...59ce0d5925342befc84d10a49a6fbfac7d-1263261810
14/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...d2d72e8eb6818fdb2308e807aa6781ad5f-1263515351
14/40 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...4f4ddad21d9c01971fb6032b9af20d8382-1263515365
14/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...0c788160b43a6bf7abf1a06b209f4fbc94-1263261522
12/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...ac6f8d0f17da0280688c6acb6b2588ec33-1263515408
12/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...315a2e6ac8c599a9c6d263fac50e5476fb-1263515779
10/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...a2b428d0202f31259ecefd9d32cb0d40b8-1263261614
10/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...50b280510ce672fc217d8f3c1db30bd674-1263515446
10/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...18279d7e9e9eac9e417f53e2d97888bd12-1263515763
9/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...14dfbdbbf04cac55288d51a000992b092f-1263260541
9/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...5ac3193c3dd37b5ed679c3050daffb122c-1263515505
8/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...903b074971ebccea328ed6a68159d0a56d-1263260584
8/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...6c2c50be92e14e99c2f492b007d5de1dd1-1263261540
4/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...a351b0a59798ccfdc8f3c0215bf16f993c-1263261372
4/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...429544e568852af50aa44cacbbcc940b7f-1263262015
1/41 - http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...697e05916cf437f1db233b798165c4164e-1263261770


Of the 33 files submitted to VT

AntiVir - 24
AVG - 12
Avast - 11
Microsoft - 10
Symantec - 4

 

[joe]

Thank you for that David. It's the first time I have seen that website, very
interesting. Their results seem to indicate that programs 2 through 4 are
almost equally effective with Avira way out in front. Also a very poor
result from Symantec !

 

[Twayne]

In

I was given a challenge in another news group. It basically
concerned the quality of
Symantec.

So I submitted 33 new emerging threats to Virus Total and the
following are the results...

35/41 -

Hmm, those are pretty impressive stats. However, the following caveat caught
my eye:
"
VirusTotal is not substitute any antivirus software installed in a PC, as it
only scans individual files on demand. It does not offer permanent
protection for the user's system either
"
I have to wonder WHY it's like that, but ... it seems to seriously negate
the appeal of the program unless I happen to have stumbled upon a new, so
far unidentified virus?

Then I also came across:
"
There are no guarantees about the availability and continuity of this
service.
"
While it makes a lot of sense that multiple apps thrown at a problem might
make for a greater detection rate, I fail to see much real use for this
unless I'm checking to see if a virus is known or not, maybe.

There seems to be little need for the average user? I'm sure not going to
be continually sending files through it and reading all that mess to see
what they amounted to.

Am I missing something? I suspect we have a misplaced tool here.

Twayne


http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...e89cefe94d7f00b98756a443de3536f845-1263261630