NOD32 or Microsoft security essentials?

Well to follow up on this thread and my post. I was getting 9F bluescreens with my NIC driver (realtek) and I uninstalled ESet Smart Security and installed Microsoft Security Essentials and low and behold it hasn't BSOD'd in 2 days. I am going to submit a ticket to ESet on this one and see what happens.

tim wrote in post #10532087
I've been using NOD32 for a couple of years, it's worked well in that time, it's caught a number of viruses and has only let one through. That one it let through was a pain to get rid of though.

Lately when i've been setting up PCs for friends and family i've been putting Microsoft Security Essentials on it, since it's free and presumably works at least ok.

My NOD32 license runs out soon. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether to stick with it or change to MSE?

Use Microsoft Security Essentials - free, lightweight - and does the key part (malware detection) just as good as any of the paid for suites.

Yeah i'm, thinking MSE is probably going to be good enough, given I know what i'm doing. I can always use a free web scanner for files I think are risky. I never use web or email scanning anyway.

tim wrote in post #10562762
Yeah i'm, thinking MSE is probably going to be good enough, given I know what i'm doing. I can always use a free web scanner for files I think are risky. I never use web or email scanning anyway.

The question is if you need email scanning - heck... I don't get any spam it seems
I wonder why some people complain so much...

MSE also does Live Protection - which is pretty much the same as any sort of web scanner, except that a web module might actually block the site.

On demand - Malwarebytes is quite nice to have (free version)

Well, eSet expired so I actually have to make a decision now! MSE apparently rates better than many paid suites, according to a consumer magazine called "Which" in the UK, but I don't have access to the full article. Does anyone know of any reviews of virus scanners that actually say for sure whether MSE is similar to nod32?

I found a report on heuristic detection, MSE did almost as well as NOD32. There's also a newer on-demand test that shows MSE does better than NOD32.

Long story short - i'll use MSE and i'll feel safe doing it

I've set up 1 new desktop (mine) and 2 new laptops in the last 3 weeks. I decided to abandon all the previously used AV programs and instead installed MSE on everything. From what I've researched MSE is pretty darn good. It updates itself before a scheduled scan.

Microsoft has a vested interest in getting this right. They apparently hired a really good team to manage their new AV operations. MSE is lightweight and easy on system resources from what I seen so far. If using common sense and rational thinking, Microsoft should be able to build a Superior AV program to protect their own op sys. I guess time will tell.....

seaside wrote in post #10696808
I've set up 1 new desktop (mine) and 2 new laptops in the last 3 weeks. I decided to abandon all the previously used AV programs and instead installed MSE on everything. From what I've researched MSE is pretty darn good. It updates itself before a scheduled scan.

Microsoft has a vested interest in getting this right. They apparently hired a really good team to manage their new AV operations. MSE is lightweight and easy on system resources from what I seen so far. If using common sense and rational thinking, Microsoft should be able to build a Superior AV program to protect their own op sys. I guess time will tell.....

Microsoft Security Essentials has been around for a long time - just in a different form.

Remeber LiveCare or how it was called? - MSE is a consumer version of their older Enterprise product.

But on that note - if anybody knows an OS its the company that builds it.

Edit:
Just remembered the name of the enterprise product:
Forefron Security (?) - unless I am mistaken

I wouldn't trust Microsoft when it comes to security, their record isn't the best. But maybe in a few years they can rebuild some of my trust in them. For prevention I would recommend sandboxing, other than that NOD32 and Antivir are good AV programs. For pure firewall protection, it's best if it's run off a separate machine, preferably UNIX-based or a well configured hardware router.

palwin wrote in post #10730446
I wouldn't trust Microsoft when it comes to security, their record isn't the best. But maybe in a few years they can rebuild some of my trust in them. For prevention I would recommend sandboxing, other than that NOD32 and Antivir are good AV programs. For pure firewall protection, it's best if it's run off a separate machine, preferably UNIX-based or a well configured hardware router.

Yeah, almost everybody is going to do this, there's no doubt. Especially when the thread is about a choice between two set-and-forget programs.

palwin wrote in post #10730446
I wouldn't trust Microsoft when it comes to security, their record isn't the best. But maybe in a few years they can rebuild some of my trust in them. For prevention I would recommend sandboxing, other than that NOD32 and Antivir are good AV programs. For pure firewall protection, it's best if it's run off a separate machine, preferably UNIX-based or a well configured hardware router.

I didn't trust Microsoft, I trust the independent company that tests all the AV systems. MSE rates well.

tim wrote in post #10733292
I didn't trust Microsoft, I trust the independent company that tests all the AV systems. MSE rates well.

Yes I agree, it has gotten good test results from various of testers so it can't be too bad. But personally I have difficult trusting Microsoft's products when it comes to security. I simply only use software I feel I can trust regardless how good people say they are.

palwin wrote in post #10733993
Yes I agree, it has gotten good test results from various of testers so it can't be too bad. But personally I have difficult trusting Microsoft's products when it comes to security. I simply only use software I feel I can trust regardless how good people say they are.

It's not this way now. IE, MSE and Win7 are all rock solid products. Yes MS did it self a dis-service years ago, but it's really turning it self around at this point.

palwin wrote in post #10733993
I simply only use software I feel I can trust regardless how good people say they are.

I don't have all the time in the world to test every bit of software out there, so I rely on informed reviews.

Sean wrote in post #10740621
It's not this way now. IE, MSE and Win7 are all rock solid products. Yes MS did it self a dis-service years ago, but it's really turning it self around at this point.

QFT.