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RedNvSS 
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 06:34 PM
Just downloaded and installed it. have had AVG Free which I thought was very good. Microsoft's new AV scanner found, identified and removed 2 backdoors that AVg missed..
running Win 7 rc.. have not noticed any significant slowdown and speed decrease. in fact firefox opens quicker now.
running Win 7 rc.. have not noticed any significant slowdown and speed decrease. in fact firefox opens quicker now.
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Posted 23 June 2009 - 11:15 PM
"Just downloaded and installed it. have had AVG Free which I thought was very good. Microsoft's new AV scanner found, identified and removed 2 backdoors that AVg missed..
running Win 7 rc.. have not noticed any significant slowdown and speed decrease. in fact firefox opens quicker now."
I hope you checked those "backdoors" to double check that they were, in fact, files that you did not want...sometimes AVs "argue" over what is and isn't malware...and some programs by nature have malware-like traits that are picked up by AVs, when they are actually legitimate applications.
Firefox opening faster is probably due to a special internet extension that AVG used.
So far, I am happy with MSE; It's small, easy to set up, and completely out of the way. Probably one of the few AVs I'd say it's safe to game online with without hacking at latency.
running Win 7 rc.. have not noticed any significant slowdown and speed decrease. in fact firefox opens quicker now."
I hope you checked those "backdoors" to double check that they were, in fact, files that you did not want...sometimes AVs "argue" over what is and isn't malware...and some programs by nature have malware-like traits that are picked up by AVs, when they are actually legitimate applications.
Firefox opening faster is probably due to a special internet extension that AVG used.
So far, I am happy with MSE; It's small, easy to set up, and completely out of the way. Probably one of the few AVs I'd say it's safe to game online with without hacking at latency.
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markww
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Posted 24 June 2009 - 04:41 AM
GUESS WHAT YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD IT alert ON PAGE SAYS
Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft® Security Essentials Beta. We are not accepting additional participants at this time. Please check back at later a date for possible additional availability.
Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft® Security Essentials Beta. We are not accepting additional participants at this time. Please check back at later a date for possible additional availability.
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BlazerCA
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Posted 03 July 2009 - 09:13 PM
WTF!!
I can't even download it, because I live in Canada!
h3. "Not available in your country or region"
"You appear to be in a country or region where the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is unavailable.
This beta is available only to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People's Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only)."
I can't even download it, because I live in Canada!
h3. "Not available in your country or region"
"You appear to be in a country or region where the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is unavailable.
This beta is available only to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People's Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only)."
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JessicaD
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Posted 06 July 2009 - 02:36 PM
Well it is currently in limited trials. Once they are done with this phase of testing, I imagine they will release it to a larger audience. If you are part of the MSDN, you can probably get a copy of it for evaluation and testing though. Keep checking on their site to see if they have opened up the betas to a larger audience. Or you check the postings over on TechNet as well for the announcements: http://tinyurl.com/832nco
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