MSE or Avast
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Up until very recently I used MSE on my desktop and laptop, but I have just switched to avast. The reason being was that MSE couldn't remove a trojan that I managed to acquire, even though it could detect it.
I decided to not take any chances and restore an old image of my c drive, so I couldn't tell you whether avast could have done a better job but I fancied a change regardless.
So far I'd say avast seems to be much less of a resource hog. It starts up faster than MSE, uses less ram and can do a full scan in about half the time. However, MSE's UI seems to be much more slick, with less intrusive features (seriously why do I want to hear that avast is updated? Just do it!) Most of the rubbish can be turned off but it is still annoying regardless.
I'd try both personally and see which you prefer
I decided to not take any chances and restore an old image of my c drive, so I couldn't tell you whether avast could have done a better job but I fancied a change regardless.
So far I'd say avast seems to be much less of a resource hog. It starts up faster than MSE, uses less ram and can do a full scan in about half the time. However, MSE's UI seems to be much more slick, with less intrusive features (seriously why do I want to hear that avast is updated? Just do it!) Most of the rubbish can be turned off but it is still annoying regardless.
I'd try both personally and see which you prefer
Any particular reason why?
Bareback
That would be a no but cheers for the reply anyway.
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MSE all the way.
We've got the networked edition of Avast at work and it's shockingly bad. We had a variant of the conficker virus, which it detected but still let it infect the entire network. We're waiting for our license to expire before reviewing other options.
We've got the networked edition of Avast at work and it's shockingly bad. We had a variant of the conficker virus, which it detected but still let it infect the entire network. We're waiting for our license to expire before reviewing other options.
MSE. I never thought I'd use an anti-virus software again after Norton (I've been without one for years, doing scans with free software from time to time and never finding anything) but MSE is a whole different story. It's like it's not even there most of the time.
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Avast!
MSE is bloatware, it scans all exe's and stops some programs that are totally legit from running.
Avast have used it for years and it's still the best, (tried plenty of others including MSE)
So Avast gets my vote
MSE is bloatware, it scans all exe's and stops some programs that are totally legit from running.
Avast have used it for years and it's still the best, (tried plenty of others including MSE)
So Avast gets my vote
The full scan is slower than erosion. It does a great job.
This. Just plain confuses me that most people think MSE is lightweight. While in fact it is shockingly aggressive with executable scanning (literally EVERYTHING, running or not, that is so much as accessed), incredibly slow at scanning and a huge CPU drain.
I've just moved to Avast from MSE on my 'not so high spec' Dell D630 laptop and I wont be going back.
MSE is so resource intensive it beggers belief, its also very very slow at scanning.
Simply updating definitions takes what feels like an age, sometimes upto 15mins to complete on my laptop. Avast takes about 10 secs.
MSE is so resource intensive it beggers belief, its also very very slow at scanning.
Simply updating definitions takes what feels like an age, sometimes upto 15mins to complete on my laptop. Avast takes about 10 secs.
Yep Avast,MSE I've tried but it uses more memory resources plus dos not have the gaming mode options or look half as good as Avast.
I forgot to say Avast scans faster too.