FAO: Microsoft Security Essentials lovers...

[Nelly]

Microsoft's Security Essentials loses certification after badly failing AV-TEST

In news that will surely have the anti-Micosoft crowd laughing and pointing the Great Big Fail finger in the company's direction there is news out today that Microsoft's security software package - Security Essentials has lost its certification.

I can hear the gales of laughter echoing through the Internet from all those people who love nothing better than smack talking Microsoft and its products following the news that the company's free security software package Security Essentials has lost its certification after bombing the security testing done by AV-TEST labs.

While Security Essentials scored exceedingly well when it came to usability - 5.5 out of 6; which included false positives and system resource impact, but fell down really hard when it came to zero-day protection where it only picked up on 64% of new threats in comparison to the industry standard of 89%.

Apparently its heuristics engine is where the problem seems to be, and which has been reported as a problem before, and the lack of a solid behavioral scanner, something that has increasingly become an industry standard requirement. On a slightly positive note though MSE did manage to detect 100% of malware that was three months or older.

The other areas that failed to impress the team at AV-TEST was the less than stellar way that Security Essentials handled the removal of "critical system modifications" with a repair score of only 3.5 out of 6.

As a fan of MSE it is sad to see, what was once regarded as a really good security software package by the industry, start this kind of downward slide. I guess it's time to find a new anti-virus package.

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[Nelly]

At least post a decent article, which actually has one word of importance in it.

http://www.informationweek.com/security/antivirus/microsoft-security-essentials-loses-av-c/240142986


Anyone know if this affects the windows 8 defender package. The report only covers 4 & 4.1 any idea what's in win8?

I didn't see anyone else bothering to post any article at all, it was the first article I actually saw... be thankful I bothered at all!!

Better than letting you freebie users get owned for using crap anti-virus software, while everyone praises it all because it's free lol.

 

[Nelly]

Good job people don't listen to you so called PC techs, who think they know it all, and think MSE is fine to use.

****ing mental. Looks like destructive reinstall is not enough to reinstall windows fully. Turns out I have a virus called cmg.exe which is maxing out my GPU usage, and obviously starving it of power during games.

Killed it, loaded up BF3 and constant 60FPS, as opposed to 20. Boost turns off correctly once back to desktop. Man I would never have guessed it to be a virus causing this in a million years.

Well done mate

Good virus program is a must on PC.

Yup Im using MSE, which until I thought was great. I guess it reminds me that just because my AV has not flashed up "Alert! Virus!" it does not mean that it has stopped everything. It obviously didn't even detect this stuff. Not amused.

Much better than battling with an RMA however! I'll do a full reformat when time allows!

Thanks all!

Check this thread >> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18471910