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Old 10-06-2009, 08:45 PM
 
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MS Security Essentials looks like it's out of beta testing at http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS/

Has anyone tried it yet? Some bloggers are delighted, but PC Mag was unimpressed - Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

I need something for my underpowered laptop, and was wondering if anyone had tried it.
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Old 10-06-2009, 09:41 PM
 
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I've installed it on one machine so far but I haven't had a chance to let it scan a known-infected drive yet. It's a quick download and install so that's good. The problem with evaluating any security software is that I just don't get malware to begin with so it's tough to know if a product is any good. But having a small footprint (first, do no harm) is a step in the right direction compared to most commercial products. I'll have to start installing it for other people and see what happens.
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Old 10-06-2009, 11:46 PM
 
Location: Western Bexar County
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I just installed it on my computer. No problems and everything (install and quick scan) took under 10 minutes.
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Old 10-25-2009, 10:24 AM
 
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I installed MSE a week ago. So far so good. I was using the McAfee freebie from AOL and it was just killing my laptop. MSE stays nicely in the background and I can actually use my laptop again.
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Old 10-25-2009, 02:20 PM
 
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Reviews are only of limited use, PC mag seems to love Norton for what ever reason, I can find just as many bad reviews of norton as good ones, same with MSE or any other piece of software, certain sites seem to have a bias towards a particular AV app.
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Old 10-26-2009, 05:30 PM
 
Location: Florida
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I have been using it since the day of release.No complaints so far.
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