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Thread ID: 103592 2009-09-29 03:52:00 Microsoft Security Essentials Beta leonidas5 (2306) PC World Chat
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815057 2009-09-29 03:52:00 Anyone tried it yet?pressf1.pcworld.co.nz leonidas5 (2306)
815058 2009-09-29 03:53:00 pressf1.pcworld.co.nz wratterus (105)
815059 2009-09-29 04:13:00 I've been using it for a month or so now on all of my PCs.

Really like the interface and hasn't noticeably slowed any of my PCs down - quite impressed with it really.

The scan doesn't take that long to run either.
Chemical Ali (118)
815060 2009-09-29 20:40:00 Its final now, I think. You can get it here (www.microsoft.com) Speedy Gonzales (78)
815061 2009-09-29 20:46:00 Yes but don't bother if you use WinXP Pro 64 bit.

Will not install. I will stay with Avast.
Sweep (90)
815062 2009-09-29 21:34:00 Yup, out of Beta as of this morning :) Chilling_Silence (9)
815063 2009-09-29 21:39:00 Yes but don't bother if you use WinXP Pro 64 bit.

Will not install. I will stay with Avast.

It installs & runs fine on Vista 64bit though. Just installed it on a machine here, ran a quick scan 950 Gb of data on 5 partitions (2 drives) in 11 minutes.
Didn't find any nasties but then neither did Avast which I removed to try this one out. I think Avast took about 15 min for a quick scan.
Only using 7,272 K mem too...
Paul Ramon (11806)
815064 2009-09-29 21:50:00 Nice! They've fixed the scan speeds, good stuff :D Chilling_Silence (9)
815065 2009-09-29 22:13:00 Yup, out of Beta as of this morning

Out of the Beta and onto the fire?

Wouldn't it be a turn-up for the books if M$ got this right?

;)
R2x1 (4628)
815066 2009-09-29 23:11:00 Lets hope one of the techs is able to do a real world test soon gary67 (56)
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