W7 Security Essentials

**musman** · 03-06-10, 09:51 AM

Anyone here using Microsoft's Security Essentials? I have been using it for about 5 days now. Yesterday I got a virus e-mail and the program did not catch it. The e-mail was suppose to be from DHL shipping, stating that my package could not be delivered and it urged me to open a document file. I did not try to open the file so it is possible that SE would have caught it but I'm not curious enough to find out

I'm 99% sure it's a virus, I Googled it and it's been floating around since Summer of 2008.

Any thoughts/experiences on Microsoft's anti virus program?

Thanks

**Airbrushkid** · 03-06-10, 10:16 AM

I got that one just days ago and many other times. But I do not have a email program on my computer. I only web base clients. Gmail is the one I always use. To me it's just better off that way. Plus I do have a iPhone and get my emails from gmail to my phone.

Logical · 03-06-10, 11:37 AM

I have been using MSE for a few months now on Win7 x64. I must say compared to other products that i paid for (Trend Micro, Kaspersky and Norton), MSE is easily as good with detection and removal.

shabby · 03-06-10, 03:45 PM

Take one for the team and open it...

**musman** · 03-06-10, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shabby

Take one for the team and open it...

Well now that you put it that way, sure why not! lol

scout2of3 · 03-06-10, 04:24 PM

I've been using it for awhile now and it has caught stuff that Avast and AVG have caught. That's why I am using it now, it's free and it catches virus'.

**crainger** · 03-06-10, 04:49 PM

It's a nice little app. Good to see MS taking a bit back from the twit like the EU. They don't bundle, but provide no fuss apps for easy download, more often than not they are apps suited to gamers. Low resource usage and minimal pop ups.

Mr Bigman · 03-10-10, 07:50 PM

I'll eat an earwx cookie to that.

seems like a good product to me but at startup it can takeawhile even with 8 gigs of ram in the htpc but tiried it on the I7 and made no footprint at all and 7 handles it well too.

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musman I Derail Threads Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 976	W7 Security Essentials Anyone here using Microsoft's Security Essentials? I have been using it for about 5 days now. Yesterday I got a virus e-mail and the program did not catch it. The e-mail was suppose to be from DHL shipping, stating that my package could not be delivered and it urged me to open a document file. I did not try to open the file so it is possible that SE would have caught it but I'm not curious enough to find out I'm 99% sure it's a virus, I Googled it and it's been floating around since Summer of 2008. Any thoughts/experiences on Microsoft's anti virus program? Thanks __________________ Antec Nine Hundred case. Core I-7 920 @ 3.56GHz, Noctua NH-U12P Cooler, EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX-285 1GB, EVGA GT-240 Superclocked 512Mb used as a Physx card, DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6, OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600 7-7-7-18, Intel X25-V SSD, used as a boot drive, 2X Seagate 500Gig 32MB Cache 7200RPM in RAID 0, Logitec G-15 keyboard, Logitech MX-518 Mouse, CH Combatstick 568, Xboc Controller, LG L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor 1680x1050. Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Speakers: KRK Rokit8 studio monitors. http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/media/customer.jpg

03-06-10, 10:16 AM	#2
Airbrushkid Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,413	Re: W7 Security Essentials I got that one just days ago and many other times. But I do not have a email program on my computer. I only web base clients. Gmail is the one I always use. To me it's just better off that way. Plus I do have a iPhone and get my emails from gmail to my phone. __________________ Intel Q9550 l eVGA NForce 780i SLI FTW l 2 Palit GTX 560 Ti 2 GB SLI l Corsair Dominator 8 gig PC2-8500 l 2 - Intel X-25M 80 gb SSD Raid 0 l WD 1 -2TB & 2 -1TB l On board sound l Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1200 1200W l Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit l 3 X Dell E248WFP 24" Monitors

03-06-10, 11:37 AM	#3
Logical Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,510	Re: W7 Security Essentials I have been using MSE for a few months now on Win7 x64. I must say compared to other products that i paid for (Trend Micro, Kaspersky and Norton), MSE is easily as good with detection and removal.

03-06-10, 03:45 PM	#4
shabby Forcefed GXP Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,138	Re: W7 Security Essentials Take one for the team and open it... __________________ 2500k/Asus P67-Pro/8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3/X25-M/p190

03-06-10, 04:24 PM	#6
scout2of3 "Live Long And Prosper" Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 40	Re: W7 Security Essentials I've been using it for awhile now and it has caught stuff that Avast and AVG have caught. That's why I am using it now, it's free and it catches virus'. __________________ Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 Monitor: 19" Viewsonic G90fb CRT MB: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 CPU: Intel i7 2600K @ 4.5 w/NH-D14 HSF Graphics: EVGA GTX 570 SC HD Main HDD: WD 750GB RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengance PSU: Corsair CX600 Watt OS: Win 7 Home Premium 64Bit

03-06-10, 04:49 PM	#7
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: W7 Security Essentials It's a nice little app. Good to see MS taking a bit back from the twit like the EU. They don't bundle, but provide no fuss apps for easy download, more often than not they are apps suited to gamers. Low resource usage and minimal pop ups.

03-10-10, 07:50 PM	#8
Mr Bigman Strongest Man On Earth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 4,943	Re: W7 Security Essentials I'll eat an earwx cookie to that. seems like a good product to me but at startup it can takeawhile even with 8 gigs of ram in the htpc but tiried it on the I7 and made no footprint at all and 7 handles it well too. __________________ EVGA X58 Tri SLI Core I 7 3.7Ghz 12 gb corsair DDR3 1600 Three EVGA 285 SLI Antec 1200 Corsiar 1000 HX Power Supply 2 OCZ SSD Hard Drives 4 wd black edition raid 2 setups for 4TB _____________________________ having good looks and a good body is hard work.