Morro to be named Microsoft Security Essentials

User Comments: 11

1. June 17, 2009 9:21 PM
   

   Wendig0, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I wonder if the built in antivirus will interfere with 3rd party AV applications. If so, Microsoft can keep MSE and I will stick to Avast.

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2. June 17, 2009 10:24 PM
   

   Tekkaraiden said:

   So Microsoft is getting back into the anti-virus market. I've always wondered why they got out of it after the windows 3.1 days.

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3. June 17, 2009 11:35 PM
   

   HaMsTeYr said:

   I'm more interested if it can stop anything at all!

   I somehow feel more secure with 3rd party AV installed, though it'd be interesting to see how it matches up to the myriads of commercial products available..

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4. June 18, 2009 1:01 AM
   

   LinkedKube, TechSpot Project Baby, said:

   When the beta starts, ill let you know how badly it screws up my pc.

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5. June 18, 2009 1:17 AM
   Guest said:

   Although I don't totally expect a high-end A/V, Microsoft is about time to offer a free A/V for all PC users. I expect Windows Security Essentials to be compatible with a 3rd party A/V like Avast! or AVG. The rest of all, great because there will be more barriers against Malicious attacks.

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6. June 18, 2009 5:16 AM
   Guest said:

   This security suite is very light...the scan engine is fast (i don't know how efficient), don't use much ram.... From Live OneCare is a big difference.More friendly GUI, complex settings... I hope this suite will be free and will get a VB100

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7. June 18, 2009 6:33 AM
   windmill007 said:

   Hopefully better than Defender...as it basically stopped nothing.

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8. June 18, 2009 7:05 AM
   Stonos said:

   The security software will completely replace Windows' built-in Defender

   Looks like that the EU Commission will complain about that...

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9. June 18, 2009 7:31 AM
   

   Burty117, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   I bet this does its job properly...Since Microsoft makes half the viruses out there

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10. June 18, 2009 9:35 AM
    polidiotic said:

    Burty117 said:

    I bet this does its job properly...Since Microsoft makes half the viruses out there

    Exploits, but not viruses. =/ Just bad coding.

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11. June 18, 2009 12:33 PM
    

    mattfrompa said:

    Stonos said:

    The security software will completely replace Windows' built-in Defender

    Looks like that the EU Commission will complain about that...

    Oh don't worry, I'm sure they are cooking up some way to argue that Microsoft should not be allowed to include Paint because it somehow defers users from buying editing software....

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