i hope andavari now ms security ess will only 1 file wiht 72 mb instead of 2 files... but i have slow conection and i must wait and download at a friend
What do you mean? MSE is just one file. There are two flavours available: for x86 and x64 systems. You just need one.
What do you mean? MSE is just one file. There are two flavours available: for x86 and x64 systems. You just need one.
The initial definition files installation! If that's what he's downloading separately would be that 72 MB + size file, and if on a slow connection it isn't logical to download it, on dial-up that could take over 6 hours to download.
i hope andavari
now ms security ess will only 1 file wiht 72 mb instead of 2 files...
Then the Microsoft Update website it the way to go on a slow connection especially if you already have MSE installed on your computer! It will save you from having to download that big 72 MB + definition file since you'll already have a full definition file installed.
now i have the definition-file - thanks to friend to download
What do you mean? MSE is just one file. There are two flavours available: for x86 and x64 systems. You just need one.
that means, at the last (older) version of mse windows update say to me to download 2 definiton files with each roundabout 72 mb... with the new mse-version microsoft update would like to have just one definiton file with 72 mb
i found it nice from microsoft
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=38293
someone foreboding of it?
Microsoft Security Essentials is updated to version 4.4.304.0
An all-in-one installer now it seems, no more choosing your OS, language, etc. I don't use it anymore and likely won't, although I do keep the current setup file handy as an alternative just in case my current preferred AV has a bad version or morphs into rubbish.
An all-in-one installer now it seems, no more choosing your OS, language, etc. I don't use it anymore and likely won't, although I do keep the current setup file handy as an alternative just in case my current preferred AV has a bad version or morphs into rubbish.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/security-essentials-all-versions
An all-in-one installer now it seems, no more choosing your OS, language, etc. I don't use it anymore and likely won't, although I do keep the current setup file handy as an alternative just in case my current preferred AV has a bad version or morphs into rubbish.
Huh? I had to download three separate installers (XP, Vista x86, Vista x64)...
Thanks for the link dvdbane.
PS - Installers are 100KB smaller.
PS2 - Can anyone check if the XP version is performing better. I have definitely moved to Win7 across all my PCs.
Huh? I had to download three separate installers (XP, Vista x86, Vista x64)...
I used the link in your post, and it gave me the correct setup file for XP 32-bit, so that led me to think it was an all-in-one installer.
To confirm I got the correct setup file I re-downloaded using the link posted by dvdbane and both setup files have matching SHA-1 hashes.
The 64bit installer is 3MB bigger.
According to the Facebook page of "Tweaking.com" the new MSE is much faster than previous ones.
Quote:
I want 3 things from an AV for my customers.
1. Free
2. Won't slow the system.
3. No nags, toolbars or any crap to try and make money off my users.
So I was using Microsoft 2 years ago, v2 I think. And it was horribly slow. Opening an 11 mb file took 11 sec to open on brand new machines and during that time you could see the CPU of Microsoft security essentials maxed out. So I dumped it and moved to others trying to find one that worked.
I used Avira for a bit then they sold out and starting adding a toolbar you had to have installed to even use them. Moved to Panda and they where a pain, tried many others and then moved to Avast for the last year or so. While Avast had the faster scanner out there it has become to annoying and the amount of false positives is driving me nuts.
"So today I got rid of avast and grabbed the newest Microsoft security essentials. And I did my test on that same 11 mb file that took 11 sec to open last time. This time it took less than 1 sec to open and cpu barley moved.
Looks like they really improved the performance. So looks like I will be moving my customers and my self back to Microsoft security essentials. (After a little more testing)
This means no more nag screens, no more toolbar or browser downloads so they can make their money, and to top it off MS has the fewest amount of false positives out of all them.
Does this mean Microsoft security essentials is my favorite? Nope. I have no favorite. They all have limits and none of them are perfect and I have cleaned viruses off of every type of system with every known AV out there.
But for my 3 rules Microsoft security essentials finally fits the bill. Lets hope it stays that way.
Thanks for the input from my fellow users and techs, and remember if you have a favorite that is fine, just make sure what the reason are why they are your favorite. While an Antivirus might have been good at one point doesn't mean they stay that way, McAfee and Symantec are good examples of that.
If you want to compare speed, false positives and detection rates of all the AV's check out http://www.av-comparatives.org/
Some of the biggest names out there have really gone down hill :-)
Thanks for posting that Willy2. The next time I make a disk image I'll play around a bit with the newest MSE.
The biggest problem I had with the previous version was the scanning speed got far worse (a full scan that normally took 2hrs 5mins max had morphed into a 6hrs 30mins plus scan time that was only halfway done). Hopefully this current version actually fixes the slowness that has severely plagued it for so long.
I have never had a problem with MSE, fast and reliable on Win 7
@MikeW: Not even with large files ? Then perhaps the combination with other programs are causing MSE to slow down. It wouldn't the first instance where there's a "clash" between two or more programs.
No Not even large files. I only have to exclude Mbam programs to avoid clash
Then perhaps the combination with other programs are causing MSE to slow down. It wouldn't the first instance where there's a "clash" between two or more programs.
When it started getting slower after each new version my layered security setup hadn't changed, including MSE I had: MBAM (non-resident freeware version), SpywareBlaster, Windows Firewall.
Tested the new version today. On XP Pro SP3 at least it is still hopelessly slow, and is beyond my level of patience to put up with it, so I'm off to restore the disk image I made before the installation of it.
It's odd Anavari that you have this issue with it.
I've put MSE on lots of machines including XP, and not seen those slowdowns.
I honestly don't know how you've never noticed it being slow on XP machines in particular (sure on Vista, 7, or newer it should be allot faster since those systems are more optimised), people have reported it on software download sites for years being too slow on XP. I've put it on many several XP machines (not just just mine) since it's been available and noticed how slow it scans.
One improvement I noticed during the test was less impact of the resident shield/real-time protection since it was no longer locking the use of files/folders for absurd amounts of time, but my test only lasted about 6 hours.