EPTI think you can't have MSE if you have a pirated Windows 7, so for me the only choice was Avast. I'm very surprised at the multitude of responses here, I think it's already been established MSE/Avast was the way to go, and there's even a few TL guides on the subject saying the same thing.
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
I think you can't have MSE if you have a pirated Windows 7, so for me the only choice was Avast. I'm very surprised at the multitude of responses here, I think it's already been established MSE/Avast was the way to go, and there's even a few TL guides on the subject saying the same thing. | ||
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Neo7
United States922 Posts
On April 23 2011 09:34 Kamate wrote: Now ok, guys, I know here on TL , the best community ever, are a lots of guys who knows about computer stuff etc. But please, for a nooob's sake, let me know why and how Microsoft Security Essentials is good? I know I am getting old, but for me, years before, was a contradiction in terms.; Thank you The main selling points about MSE is that it's extreme low use of system resources and ease of use. It's designed to set and forget it and allow it to do it's job without the user having to do anything to upkeep it. While obviously not the best AV product in terms of catching and removing infections, it does do a good job at keeping you safe for it's minimal resource usage. | ||
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TMStarcraft
Australia686 Posts
http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_od_feb2011.pdf | ||
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Omigawa
United States1556 Posts
Besides on the browser level, I use a mixture of Avast!, Malwarebytes, and Microsoft Security Essentials. I have Avast! set to scan every night at like 2AM and use the other two when I think I may have caught an aforementioned illegal stream virus or other related malware. | ||
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Sir.Kimmel
United States785 Posts
but honestly... I have a VM set up specifically for doing my online transactions... and when I'm done I simply revert back to a "safe" snapshot... same thing when I'm running a program that I'm unsure about or watching a certain stream... | ||
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
On April 23 2011 09:50 Belial88 wrote: From what I understand, the 2 best antiviruses are also free, Avast and MSE. Norton takes up too much resource I think. Kaspersky, according to recent studies or whatever, has the highest detection rate (these quickly change though so that's outdated, but that's not to say they haven't kept up). I think you can't have MSE if you have a pirated Windows 7, so for me the only choice was Avast. I'm very surprised at the multitude of responses here, I think it's already been established MSE/Avast was the way to go, and there's even a few TL guides on the subject saying the same thing. Actually, its not hard to get a pirated Windows 7 that passes WGA. | ||
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ElusoryX
Singapore2047 Posts
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Samhax
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Jaso
United States2147 Posts
And in my experience, I've never had to use any live-protection AV. Malwarebytes is by far the best on-demand scanner, and I've had no problems with it. | ||
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papyrus
Philippines716 Posts
On April 23 2011 09:50 Belial88 wrote: From what I understand, the 2 best antiviruses are also free, Avast and MSE. Norton takes up too much resource I think. Kaspersky, according to recent studies or whatever, has the highest detection rate (these quickly change though so that's outdated, but that's not to say they haven't kept up). I think you can't have MSE if you have a pirated Windows 7, so for me the only choice was Avast. I'm very surprised at the multitude of responses here, I think it's already been established MSE/Avast was the way to go, and there's even a few TL guides on the subject saying the same thing. I doubt it before, but I have pirated windows 7 and was able to install MSE. I guess im lucky or I installed a better pirated version.  | ||
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Jaso
United States2147 Posts
On April 23 2011 12:36 papyrus wrote: I doubt it before, but I have pirated windows 7 and was able to install MSE. I guess im lucky or I installed a better pirated version. There's tons of ways to trick Windows into thinking you have a legit version... I'm on a cracked OS myself. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
But if you absolutely have to use an AV, use MS security essentials. Free and definitely top5 by effectiveness. | ||
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_PI
United States60 Posts
I work in IT and honestly I just use MSE on my Windows machines. Unless there's some legal reason, or my client wants something with proper support, I recommend it as well. If they want proper support, I suggest NOD32. | ||
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5miley
United States64 Posts
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + But in all seriousness MSE is the best around | ||
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
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GTR
51547 Posts
just follow this and your computer will be safeguarded quite well | ||
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
I doubt it before, but I have pirated windows 7 and was able to install MSE. I guess im lucky or I installed a better pirated version. Maybe I'm wrong on it, I think there are certain 'issues' with MSE and pirated windows, but I'm not sure why or how. My w7 is cracked/activated, so I dunno. I'd like to get MSE because Avast may or may not have been causing issues with my PC (was having GPU driver issue, I think Avast could've been behind it, but I also have no clue. I don't have it atm and may want to switch). On some of my PC's I didn't have an AV and had no problem, I mean as long as you aren't downloading sketchy stuff and going to weird websites, you are 99.9% fine. Windows 7 Firewall is also really good. | ||
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
On April 23 2011 13:07 Sadistx wrote: Best antivirus is to not download shit that contains any viruses or visit sites that try to execute malicious code as soon as you visit it (no-script/adblock) But if you absolutely have to use an AV, use MS security essentials. Free and definitely top5 by effectiveness. 'best way to avoid viruses is to not get any viruses.' yeah, thanks for that - knowing whether or not something has an embedded virus, thats cake. ive used mse for a year or two now after seeing it recommended in a thread, but noscript is what keeps me safe | ||
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