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| Thread ID: 117130 | 2011-04-04 00:19:00 | Free AV for Senior Net use | BigBadBob (14963) | Press F1 |
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| 1191747 | 2011-04-04 00:19:00 | Recently I removed Nortons from a brand new laptop and replaced it with Microsoft Security Essentials 2 and Malwarebytes Anti maleware. The laptop belongs to an oldish lady who belongs to the local Senior Net Club. In the clubs latest newsletter the Tech who does the club work has said: "I do not support the use of Microsoft Security Essentials as I firmly believe hackers will always target Microsoft programs before others." This is a bit of a concern to me as the lady has been a good customer previously and now the whole club may question my judgement on free antivirus products. The tech is a known supporter of AVG products. What are other techs views on MSE in this light? |
BigBadBob (14963) | ||
| 1191748 | 2011-04-04 00:22:00 | Hackers will hack anything. Tell her / them to get used to it. Put Nortons, Mcafee, AVG, zonealarm on it then. And watch it slow down / crash | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1191749 | 2011-04-04 01:07:00 | In the clubs latest newsletter the Tech who does the club work has said: "I do not support the use of Microsoft Security Essentials as I firmly believe hackers will always target Microsoft programs before others." Time for a new tech. I made recommendations to people but if they insisted it was their choice. If the one they insisted on was Nortons however, I would nt install it, but up to them if they did after my advice. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1191750 | 2011-04-04 01:09:00 | Definitely recommend MSE over AVG. It's also worth noting that all products are potentially just as vulnerable as others, regardless of it being Microsoft or a competitor. Just look at the recent pwn2own contest: nakedsecurity.sophos.com Either way, if a user is "clever" enough to allow a virus past the AV software, then it doesn't matter which you're using, they're still gonna get infected. Besides, the clubs tech seems mis-informed, as crackers will target the likes of the OS, browser and plugins, rather than a specific antivirus package. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1191751 | 2011-04-04 01:15:00 | And if they dont like Microsoft, dont use windows. Simple | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1191752 | 2011-04-04 01:28:00 | And if they dont like Microsoft, dont use windows. Simple Fair call. MSSE walks over AVG any day of the week. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1191753 | 2011-04-04 02:22:00 | AVG is total crap these days -- the tech needs shooting if hes got that attitude. Some of them think they are god, and every one should do what they say - news for them. Got two laptops here right now, full of infections / Malware and trojans and has AVG -- Enough said. MSSE will beat AVG any day of the week for a free Antivirus. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1191754 | 2011-04-04 03:30:00 | AVG is total crap these days -- the tech needs shooting if hes got that attitude. Some of them think they are god, and every one should do what they say - news for them. Got two laptops here right now, full of infections / Malware and trojans and has AVG -- Enough said. MSSE will beat AVG any day of the week for a free Antivirus. Yep totally agree with you. MSSE is good value. |
tonytechie (16314) | ||
| 1191755 | 2011-04-04 04:09:00 | Thank you all for your comments. I have forwarded a link to this thread onto the lady concerned so that she can see for herself some of the countries most respected techies opinions & hopefully help other senior net users out. Obviously senior net users could learn a great deal by also using this forum.:thumbs: |
BigBadBob (14963) | ||
| 1191756 | 2011-04-04 05:21:00 | I always recommend using Microsoft Security Essentails although I believe lately Avira is also getting some reasonable reviews. | Paul Ramon (11806) | ||
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