Joined Jul 2, Messages 2, I'll join the "ditch zone alarm" chorus. I rate it an "avoid" product due to poor performance and an out and out failure to do its designed job. Took a bit of time to train it the way I wanted it, but it works fine. Joined Feb 3, Messages , I'm an avid supporter of Avast! Not when I used XP, Vista or now with 7. For several years I've helped families find with computer security as will as problems.
Because of my health issues they'll need to be more dependent on themselves. Most of them can handle updating those programs but there are a few. Who cannot update Avast once in a year by typing in their email address.
So I was thinking Security Essentials should keep them pretty safe when I'm no longer around to help them. SpywareBlaster is a waste of time IMO. Avast auto updates daily for me. Phantom said:. That's 'cause you don't understand how the program works and what it does! I work a lot of Seniors myself. So, I understand that you have a need to tailor the solution to the user.
But, where circumstances permit, I like both Avast and Avira better than MSE considered purely in terms of effectiveness. Or Mozilla Firebox which I don't use. It doesn't need to be running after I update it once a week. My friends still using XP are still using SpywareGuard as well. To prevent homepage hijacking. As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts J. Windows What's for Lunch? Latest: 2twenty2 24 minutes ago. Random Discussion.
What's for Breakfast? What's for Dinner? Running old programs in windows 10 4 Viewers Latest: texasbullet 35 minutes ago. Say What!! Excel won't connect to printer 2 Viewers Latest: PeterOz 50 minutes ago. Any wonder why I have 5 paid versions? Both are good. Avast for the more oriented user who like to tweak his security programs and MSE is for the user who does not want to be bother with it. I would say Avast!
They're both good. I think it just depends on what you want to use each one for. I prefer Avast because it offers more. It was very stable and worked good. The machine I put it on doesn't have any private or sensitive information and it's not my primary computer so I figured MSE in conjunction with Windows Firewall would be fine, which it was.
I wouldn't recommend MSE though if you have a dialup internet connection. As is typical of Microsoft their updates are bloated beyond belief. It usually updates three times a day and normally one of them will take minutes, no joke. This was so unacceptable to me I ditched it. Guthrie - avast! I have sold avast! Microsoft Security Essentials and Prevx have also proven to be very reliable and compatible.
Double Click Blue icon - details next to OK. Also get Malwarebytes - free - use as scanner only. If you ever suspect malware, and that would be unsual with Avast and Prevx running except for an occasional low level cookie no big deal , UPDATE it and then run it as a scanner. I have many scanners and they never find anything of note since I started using this setup. Is this wrong? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
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