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June 22nd, 2010, 09:04 PM
#11
JPnyc, I agree with Antivir being one of the best, I was manly pointing out that defender and Antivir serve different purposes (unless you pay for Antivir).
I have yet to see any AV program that gets 100% detection rate. Even in the cases where they get over 99%, it seems like they have a crapton more false positivies.
\"Ignorance is bliss....
but only for your enemy\"
-- souleman
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June 22nd, 2010, 09:18 PM
#12
I'm sure we never will. That's why I always use online scans from a couple of different companies like Kaspersky and trend micro or panda. They all miss stuff. Panda missed the same java exploits that ms security essentials did. Kaspersky and antivir got it.
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June 22nd, 2010, 10:00 PM
#13
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June 22nd, 2010, 11:04 PM
#14
I agree, so far. I've only been using it for a week or less. Also has an absolutely brilliant feature that every AV should have; two interfaces, one dumbed down, one not. A great idea, that way your program can appeal to the computer savvy as well as the computer illiterate. And definitely the smallest footprint I've ever seen in an antivirus program, at least in a whole slew of years.
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June 23rd, 2010, 04:22 PM
#15
i use microsoft security essentials on my win boxen's. it picks up everything i throw at it, and is perfect on my little netbook as it uses **** all resources and is easy enough for the mum dad non tech savvy idiots to setup and forget about.
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June 23rd, 2010, 09:59 PM
#16
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June 23rd, 2010, 10:12 PM
#17
Originally Posted by JPnyc
security essentials just misseda couple of Java exploits that Antivir caught and removed. I found out they were there by using Kaspersky online scan. That's when I switched. I uninstalled security essentials and installed avira.
The problem is that some programs always catch something the other misses. It could be the Security Essentials was catching things Antivir wouldn't. Choosing the right AV is tricky.
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June 23rd, 2010, 10:19 PM
#18
I know, that's why I always doublecheck and triple check with whatever online scanners are available. I also run root kit revealer or other root kit scanner weekly.
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June 24th, 2010, 02:06 AM
#19
Originally Posted by JPnyc
I know, that's why I always doublecheck and triple check with whatever online scanners are available. I also run root kit revealer or other root kit scanner weekly.
You need to stop visiting those pr0n sites so often Joe, that way you don't need to be so paranoid.
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June 24th, 2010, 06:10 AM
#20
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