Question about anti-virus
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...if by "using" you mean "installing it on other people's computers after ripping out their existing virus software". ;) I've done this several times now. It installs quickly, doesn't chew up a lot of system resources, and updates without fuss. No idea how well it actually protects against viruses, but frankly I have my doubts about the effectiveness of any AV product - it's just voodoo i do to keep people from installing something worse. Wrote a bit more about it a while ago...[^]
I feel the same way about CA Antivirus. After the nightmares created by Norton and McAfee on various machines, I switched to CA and heve never since looked back. It updates peacefully, without interrupting anything I'm doing, quietly assassinates any intruders it finds, and never makes a fuss. I have no idea whether it's working or not, but I've never had a virus damage my computer since I switched about 12 years ago. Maybe I'm just lucky, and it's really doing nothing. Or maybe somebody finally got it right... :)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Anyone here using Microsoft Security Essentials? Any problems / dislikes?
Best wishes, Hans
yes...been using it for about 3 months now...no issues to report at all... MS SE at home and CA Anti-Virus at office...the winning combination :-D
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I feel the same way about CA Antivirus. After the nightmares created by Norton and McAfee on various machines, I switched to CA and heve never since looked back. It updates peacefully, without interrupting anything I'm doing, quietly assassinates any intruders it finds, and never makes a fuss. I have no idea whether it's working or not, but I've never had a virus damage my computer since I switched about 12 years ago. Maybe I'm just lucky, and it's really doing nothing. Or maybe somebody finally got it right... :)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
We used CA at work for years. It was a subtle, no-nonsense program, but more than doubled my compile times even when instructed to exclude all source files, compilers, and associated tools from active scanning. :-( I put up with it until the network admin disabled my ability to configure the thing locally... then it had to go.
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We used CA at work for years. It was a subtle, no-nonsense program, but more than doubled my compile times even when instructed to exclude all source files, compilers, and associated tools from active scanning. :-( I put up with it until the network admin disabled my ability to configure the thing locally... then it had to go.
Bummer... I don't blame you for disposing of it - it was obviously time for it to go. Completely off-topic: I spent the evening at the Colorado Belle, where we were boozing through the night a few years ago, and won $270. Wish you were here! ;P
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Anyone here using Microsoft Security Essentials? Any problems / dislikes?
Best wishes, Hans
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Bummer... I don't blame you for disposing of it - it was obviously time for it to go. Completely off-topic: I spent the evening at the Colorado Belle, where we were boozing through the night a few years ago, and won $270. Wish you were here! ;P
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Roger Wright wrote:
I spent the evening at the Colorado Belle, where we were boozing through the night a few years ago, and won $270. Wish you were here! Poke tongue
:D Was just thinking about that a few days back - a former neighbor called me from Lake Havasu, asked if I'd forward his mail there. And of course, he had to brag about sitting in the sun, working on his trailer while I was getting snowed on.
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We used CA at work for years. It was a subtle, no-nonsense program, but more than doubled my compile times even when instructed to exclude all source files, compilers, and associated tools from active scanning. :-( I put up with it until the network admin disabled my ability to configure the thing locally... then it had to go.
A few years ago, desktops we purchased from PC Club (no longer around) came with a subscription AV program (don't remember the product name, but it wasn't one of the well known players) that they installed thru their internal network - when I tried to uninstall it, it wanted to get the msi using the network path ... so there was no way to uninstall it ... I ended up creating a customer support account on their website so I could download an "update" and then install the update so I could uninstall the whole thing :mad: what a PITA!
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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Anyone here using Microsoft Security Essentials? Any problems / dislikes?
Best wishes, Hans
I use it on all my machines, and when cleaning up other people's machines too I tend to wipe whatever turd AV they're using for it, if they're evening using one... It's free, lightweight, and just stays out of my way. Brilliant :thumbsup:
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Anyone here using Microsoft Security Essentials? Any problems / dislikes?
Best wishes, Hans
Me. Works properly, low specs required, it is easy to use, it is free... By now, I've tried Mcafee (who ates a lot of RAM) and liked it, avira (who detected viruses that Mcafee didn't and it was free but filled of ads) and MSE (that is free, non intrusive and it doesn't fill the screen of ads). 10/10 for me, but of course I've not found a situation in which it has to work a lot... PS: all this post is based on my personal findings and impressions...
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Anyone here using Microsoft Security Essentials? Any problems / dislikes?
Best wishes, Hans
I'm using it and haven't had any problems with it at all. I had actually forgotten that it was installed.
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Roger Wright wrote:
I spent the evening at the Colorado Belle, where we were boozing through the night a few years ago, and won $270. Wish you were here! Poke tongue
:D Was just thinking about that a few days back - a former neighbor called me from Lake Havasu, asked if I'd forward his mail there. And of course, he had to brag about sitting in the sun, working on his trailer while I was getting snowed on.
It's been uncommonly gorgeous this past week or two. The weather service continues to predict rain any minute now, but the sun persists in shining bright and warm. We are seeing some cloud cover today, so it may be that the weather is finally going to cooperate this weekend. That should make the weather service geeks happy. :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
