Microsoft Security Essentials - is this even working?

[apatia77]

So I have had MSE for the last few months and though all was fine, suddenly I started getting some IE windows with different websites from nowhere. I played MW for an hour, closed game and see 10 IE windows opened with different dodgy sites, MSE pickes nothing so I scan my pc with Nod32 online scanner and it detects some trojans etc.

Dumped now MSE and installed Kaspersky Internet Security as I get it for free with my Barclays account.

 

[apatia77]

I don't remember what the trojans were now, and I use windows 7 64bit, with full admin rights.

I think I might have installed something last weekend when I installed some infected (cough, cough) legal application (for testing purposes only). But at the time of installation it got detected so I just deleted everything and then I run full system scan which took over 5h as I got a lot of files and nothing was detected, few days later i got an extra 2 services running opening IE every few minutes.

I've disabled system restore now and going to do a full system scan this weekend, this time with Kaspersky.

BTW I aint paying for an antivirus software, I will eather use avast or MSE or something else. or Kaspersky which is free for the time being with Barclays.