Stev51 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I use MSSE and I like it a lot. It barely uses any ram, and runs in the background. It's using 28,412K right now on my system, and it updates its definitions about 3 times a day (also can be done through Windows Update) If you wanna test out your anti virus, and how fast it reacts to threats, open a text file and put this text in X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* See how fast it takes your antivirus to react to it Agreed winapp I use MSSE very underated I have tried most and have settled with MSSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 25, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2011 Microsoft Security Essentials while good however does run heavy on Windows XP, just see near the end of the Softpedia.com editors review of it for version 1 about the XP high resource and CPU usage, that comment still holds true even for version 2. I've had it installed a few times though in the past when having issues with Avast or AntiVir however I always end up removing it when the problem with the other antivirus is fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Perhaps it's part of microsoft's anti-xp campaign winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Now that I have Windows 7 and 6 gigs of ram instead of XP and 512K of rambus , MSE is perfect for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I use MSSE and I like it a lot. It barely uses any ram, and runs in the background. It's using 28,412K right now on my system, and it updates its definitions about 3 times a day (also can be done through Windows Update) If you wanna test out your anti virus, and how fast it reacts to threats, open a text file and put this text in X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* See how fast it takes your antivirus to react to it Interesting test, Thank-you! Here is what I found.... Windows XP with Symantec's AV - Alerted and quarantined as soon as I saved it. Vista with MSE - Alerted and quarantined as soon as I saved it. Windows 7 with AVG - Nothing. No reaction even when I scanned the folder the file was saved in. Since I have experienced quite a few false positives in the past with AVG I thought for sure it wouldn't fail this test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 26, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 26, 2011 Interesting test, Thank-you! Here is what I found.... Windows XP with Symantec's AV - Alerted and quarantined as soon as I saved it. Vista with MSE - Alerted and quarantined as soon as I saved it. Windows 7 with AVG - Nothing. No reaction even when I scanned the folder the file was saved in. Since I have experienced quite a few false positives in the past with AVG I thought for sure it wouldn't fail this test. It's simply the EICAR antivirus test file. Try saving it as something else rather than a text file because some av's ignore it completely if in a text document, try saving as: eicar.bat, eicar.com, etc., and it should find it. Or you can download it from the official Eicar website: http://www.eicar.org...s_test_file.htm I always try out EICAR if testing a new av to see how the detection/results display window is, it's a good and completely safe way to test your av before dealing with a real malicious detection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 It's simply the EICAR antivirus test file. Try saving it as something else rather than a text file because some av's ignore it completely if in a text document, try saving as: eicar.bat, eicar.com, etc., and it should find it. Or you can download it from the official Eicar website: http://www.eicar.org...s_test_file.htm I always try out EICAR if testing a new av to see how the detection/results display window is, it's a good and completely safe way to test your av before dealing with a real malicious detection. You are correct. I saved it as a .exe file and AVG alerted & quarantined when I opened the folder the test file was saved to. Although AVG detected the test file, it didn't detect the test file when it was initially saved like the other two AV programs did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I guess that could be a good or bad thing .. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 27, 2011 AVG's settings probably need to be tweaked then on that system, some av's don't exactly have the strongest settings enabled by default to be more resource friendly for lower-end systems. Although for the life of me I don't see how anyone can put up with the super bloated AVG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Yeah, I gave it a shot once but I just felt like I was running AVG with a small OS attached winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I now have 6 gigs of ram and I still would never rely on AVG because it's a ram-eater like Norton/Symantec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Oh god.. norton.. You're going to give me a flashback to my days of removing that from my entire extended family's computers before the Norton Removal Tool... I'm sure you've all seen Rambo: First Blood Pt 1 winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, Norton was not a friend here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Well I got rid of AVG although it didn't want to go quietly. AVG's uninstall program kept crashing. Finally got the system cleaned up and replaced it with MSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 28, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, Norton was not a friend here. Norton AV is a frenemy, once you invite it in, it doesn't like to leave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 One thing I learned quickly after installing MSE is that it doesn't like Windows Defender, which is also an MS product. Gotta turn Defender off. Then things will go peachy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, that baffled me for a moment but then I stopped caring because Defended never did much winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 29, 2011 One thing I learned quickly after installing MSE is that it doesn't like Windows Defender, which is also an MS product. Gotta turn Defender off. Then things will go peachy. It just disables it. I never had much use for Windows Defender myself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've never been able to find a reg tweak to shut off Defender. Seems to be a pain to manually shut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 It just disables it. I never had much use for Windows Defender myself though. Certain PCs' will automatically disable Defender, my HP Pavilion couldn't though. So a manual disable is recommended if you can, just to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 29, 2011 I've never been able to find a reg tweak to shut off Defender. Seems to be a pain to manually shut off. Should work from inside the Defender program... Tools then Options. Under Administrator options, select or clear the Use Windows Defender check box, and then click Save. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Damn!....I kept turning it off the wrong way. I was shutting down the scan option and not disabling within the Administration Option. ....still gotta find a REG Tweak. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 1, 2011 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2011 Damn!....I kept turning it off the wrong way. I was shutting down the scan option and not disabling within the Administration Option. ....still gotta find a REG Tweak. Are you sure it isn't a service, I don't know since like I've stated I only used it twice before. If it's a service you can find it via: Start->Run->Services.msc -or- Use NirSoft ServiWin (freeware). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks for the reminder. I thought I found a key but I just checked on my system and it does not change when I enable or disable Defender. Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\DisableAntiSpyware Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927367 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsgah Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 i use nod 32 but i am not please off it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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