Microsoft Security Essentials

[Gloria E]

I'm using Webroot Internet Security Essentials which has anti-virus protection along with Spyware and a Firewall.

Personally, I would never install anything with spyware in it.

Which one are you saying contains spyware? If you meant Webroot, I've used WISE's when I had WinXP as my OS. None of anti-spyware programs name it as spyware and I've never seen it mentioned in that category.

If you've seen it mentioned somewhere, please provide me with the location so I can read it for myself. I think a person needs proof before labeling programs with that label.

I am waiting to receive your information.

[JoeP]

Which one are you saying contains spyware? If you meant Webroot, I've used WISE's when I had WinXP as my OS. None of anti-spyware programs name it as spyware and I've never seen it mentioned in that category.

If you've seen it mentioned somewhere, please provide me with the location so I can read it for myself. I think a person needs proof before labeling programs with that label.

I am waiting to receive your information.

He was being sarcastic. Read your original quote carefully and you'll see that it can be read that the Webroot software contains spyware not that it checks for spyware.

Joe

[VegasNath]

I'm using Webroot Internet Security Essentials which has anti-virus protection along with Spyware and a Firewall.

Personally, I would never install anything with spyware in it.

Which one are you saying contains spyware? If you meant Webroot, I've used WISE's when I had WinXP as my OS. None of anti-spyware programs name it as spyware and I've never seen it mentioned in that category.

If you've seen it mentioned somewhere, please provide me with the location so I can read it for myself. I think a person needs proof before labeling programs with that label.

I am waiting to receive your information.

Gloria, I think you should read back your own post, as quoted by Paul.

[HansV]

(the PC only had 56K dial-up)

That's probably the clue - I assume you only connected to the internet when necessary. With broadband or cable, people tend to leave their computer connected all the time, and most programs, including recent versions of Windows, assume that you are... This greatly increases the risk.

[Gloria E]

Which one are you saying contains spyware? If you meant Webroot, I've used WISE's when I had WinXP as my OS. None of anti-spyware programs name it as spyware and I've never seen it mentioned in that category.

If you've seen it mentioned somewhere, please provide me with the location so I can read it for myself. I think a person needs proof before labeling programs with that label.

I am waiting to receive your information.

He was being sarcastic. Read your original quote carefully and you'll see that it can be read that the Webroot software contains spyware not that it checks for spyware.

Joe

Aw Shucks! I didn't mean it contained spyware, I should have said anti-spyware.
I brought these reactions on myself and I stand corrected.

Gloria E

[ChrisGreaves]

The plural of 'virus' is 'viruses' -

Agreed, but I was using it as a 2nd declension noun. Thanks for backing me up with the quote from some trumped-up web page. Much appreciated.

... capable of such a solecism.

I've never split a flat-fish in my LIFE!

[ChrisGreaves]

... I stand corrected.

Presumably the correction will take place when the daily updates download .... (grin!)

[pi-eater]

(the PC only had 56K dial-up)

That's probably the clue - I assume you only connected to the internet when necessary. With broadband or cable, people tend to leave their computer connected all the time, and most programs, including recent versions of Windows, assume that you are... This greatly increases the risk.

I have run some of my computers for several years without any antivirus software with 24 hour broadband connection. The only protection was just a router, firewall, no Microsoft browser, and common sense on XP or Win2K. I even had a neighbor email me a virus infected email once just to take a look at it. Never had a virus in tens of thousands of hours connected.

[HansV]

I have run some of my computers for several years without any antivirus software with 24 hour broadband connection. The only protection was just a router, firewall, no Microsoft browser, and common sense on XP or Win2K. I even had a neighbor email me a virus infected email once just to take a look at it. Never had a virus in tens of thousands of hours connected.

I think the "common sense" part played a great role in it...

[stuck]

"common sense"

Ah!, yes!

Didn't someone here used to have a signature about "the trouble with common sense is that it's not that common"?

Ken

[HansV]

Didn't someone here used to have a signature about "the trouble with common sense is that it's not that common"?

That was probably in Woody's Lounge...

[ChrisGreaves]

This isn't the first time that AskWoody has mentioned "Microsoft Security Essentials", ...

And then there's Fred Langa's The 120-day Microsoft security suite test drive.
A few points I noted on my first read-through:
(1) Fred is running tests on two Win 7systems.
(2) Fred does parallel inspections with other scanners (good) but in my experience at least one of them has failed to detect malware on one of my client's systems, whereas AVG detected it straight away (could be a lax Client, I know)
(3) Fred notes MSE is "Built to run mostly in full-automatic (for maximum ease of use)", which doesn't surprise me. MS builds products for click-happy end-users.