antivirus

[coconutnut]

i am going to install a new antivirus for my cousin who is not very tech savvy. so, he has to use free software so as not to puzzle him about trial ends and so on..

i am going to compliment this av with spybot, malwarebytes and SAS(on demand)

[exile360]

I voted for MSE, only because you said your cousin is not very tech savvy. That's one of MSE's strong suits, it's very "set it and forget it".

[Marcus]

I've added my vote (MSE) for your cousin and I would suggest avoiding spybot; go with the paid version of MBAM instead. Do you really need SAS on demand?

[YoKenny1]

I voted avast and would avoid spybot and go with a paid version of MBAM.

The free version of avast been improved and I am using the newest version that is in test right now.

[mountaintree16]

I voted MSE because it definitely is very set and forgot.

I have installed Avira on a machine who's users aren't very tech savvy, and they haven't had any issues so far. I am considering switching them over to MSE though (just because I've heard that version 10 has had some issues including with MBAM), we'll see. I keep an eye on that machine when I can, hehe.

SpyBot is good for immunization; I do NOT recommend enabling/using TeaTimer (the realtime protection) very bloated and these days honestly won't do you much good unfortunately.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

I voted for MSE to. However avira does very well, but it's not set and forget like MSE due to the nag screen. Now for spybot I would drop it. It's very bloated for an anti-spyware and not as good as it once was. You're better of using MBAM and SAS paid versions.

[byte_king]

For people who don't know computer's so well, MSE may be the best bet.

[coconutnut]

i see. my cousin knows how to update his av and stuff but does not know what to do when a warning pops up like in kaspersky, which i am using..

[unoriginal]

Microsoft Security Essentials does a pretty good job in terms of user friendly-ness in terms of the dialog boxes.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

Thanks for bringing that up unorginal. It is pretty easy to learn what your status is. Green is for safe, Yellow is for potential and red is for danger.

Green- You have the latest updates and no attention is needed.

Yellow- Your update may have failed or a unknown file is detected.

Red- MSE is turned off or infected files are in need of attention.

[noknojon]

I voted for MSE, only because you said your cousin is not very tech savvy. That's one of MSE's strong suits, it's very "set it and forget it".

Me too - Even I have no problems with it - Also it has caught a couple of bits that slipped through -

[coconutnut]

now i myself am going to leech this thread...

i am thinking of changing from kis 2009. so still mse?

[Doctor Inferno]

I would go for either MSE or Avira.

AVG has the worst heuristics ever. I tried it before and it once detected itself as a trojan.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

AVG has the worst heuristics ever. I tried it before and it once detected itself as a trojan.

What?! That's a new one! Never heard of that happening. But if an av thinks itself is malware, then I must be a martian.

[Doctor Inferno]

Precisely! lol

[coconutnut]

another mse user on its way...

[noknojon]

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another mse user on its way...

Welcome to the crew - Any problems with it , just ask -

[coconutnut]

i decided to complement mse with zonealarm free firewall....good?

[exile360]

I find the usefulness of software firewalls to be questionable, especially for novice users as they more often than not won't know what to block and what to allow.

[enes]

hello!

another avira user

i voted for avira because it has the best detection rates and is light on system resources

and in 10 most bugs are fixed

and the nagg screen isn't a problem

[flaming error]

i use avira

mse beetter?

[enes]

why?

why does mse beat avira

avira is much lighter than mse and has a better detection than mse

so why?

[screen317]

and the nagg screen isn't a problem

Umm yes it is; it's why I stopped using it.

I wasn't going to buy it, so it was just annoying.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

why?

why does mse beat avira

avira is much lighter than mse and has a better detection than mse

so why?

It all goes down to opinion. However MSE is supposed to have better cleanup capabilities then Avira. Avira is much lighter, but has trouble removing some malware. Like I said it's all about opinion. Use the one you feel most comfortable with.

[benny125874]

Hello~ i Voted for MSE~

MSE is a wonderful product (if your OS is activated)

some people have Windows XP or Windows 7 or vista illegally and does have a serial key for the product activation therefore MSE will not work. (no signature update i presume)

I would not recommend Avira 10 because i saw reviews recently and i noticed a major breakdown comparison between it and avira9....

if you dont like MSE my second option would be avast~

avast 5 is friendly easy to use and uses up only around 6mb on ram.

and it is a strong Antivirus~