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| Thread ID: 118600 | 2011-06-13 05:25:00 | Microsoft Security Essentials is most used Antivirus Worldwide | jwil1 (65) | PC World Chat |
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| 1208833 | 2011-06-13 05:25:00 | news.softpedia.com | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 1208834 | 2011-06-13 05:32:00 | news.softpedia.com while AVAST! Free Antivirus is third with 8.66%. Huh, and to think I use avast... |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1208835 | 2011-06-13 05:45:00 | Won't that be because Microsoft has the most used pc products? And also probably offered/referenced on new windows pc machines. Notably Windows platforms and IE, which were heavily targeted for malicious attacks over the years. Hence the numerous windows security updates. So they had to build a virus program, even though years too late. Most of the free anti virus programs generally from East European Countries, long before Microsoft, or other Western Countries that ever offered them for free. Now yet Avast, etc seem to get rubbished by those that used them for so long. Not bad - anti-virus from non English speaking countries - where were the rest? Yet they (AntiVir/Avast, etc) must have set a benchmark for free anti-virus... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1208836 | 2011-06-13 06:28:00 | That's seriously impressive. In what, 18 months? Good effort MS. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1208837 | 2011-06-13 06:31:00 | This is a first for microsoft. Having a number 1 free antivirus which is actually good and it actually deserves its place. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1208838 | 2011-06-13 06:44:00 | Well there are 8 computers in this house all using it. (there are only 3 of us here) | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1208839 | 2011-06-13 12:05:00 | Actually I'm a bit surprised. Most pcs sold by retailers come with a free trial of an anti-virus/spyware suite such as Norton. Most pc owners are not geeks. They simply want a computer which works and if extra safety is thrown in...they take it. A friend of mine did exactly this a few days ago. I bit my tongue. :D How does MS overcome the front selling pressure when it is normally in the shops interests to sell the additional program? |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1208840 | 2011-06-13 13:04:00 | Most likely there because it is being offered as part of windows update now so more people will see it. :pf1mobmini: |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1208841 | 2011-06-13 19:45:00 | Most pcs sold by retailers come with a free trial of an anti-virus/spyware suite such as Norton. How does MS overcome the front selling pressure when it is normally in the shops interests to sell the additional program? Because they use the bundled Nortons, then they get infected, take it to a tech who removes Nortons and installs MSSE and it's all better. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1208842 | 2011-06-13 21:04:00 | 30 million downloads falls a little short doesnt it?? | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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