Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials, free if you have Microsoft Windows XP or higher, and it does work especially for the technical, not too adventerous link clicker. Gives you that extra layer of protection you seem to want for those 'oh shit' moments.
Not only is it a reasonably good anti-malware tool, its the least intrusive one I've ever used, both as far as annoying popups and abusing system resources. My first download on any new Windows install.
Not only is it a reasonably good anti-malware tool, its the least intrusive one I've ever used, both as far as annoying popups and abusing system resources. My first download on any new Windows install.
Yup, I recently switched all my Windows boxes to MSE from AVG, as AVG started giving me fits after the v.11 update.
Yep.. I'm a big-ol M$ hater, and I can say that MSSE is a pretty decent product.. FIrst thing I put on everyone else's computer after I fail to convince them to run Linux..
Second this. It's the best thing I've ever seen from Redmond. If all their software worked like this their suckometer would read a hell of a lot lower.
Second this. It's the best thing I've ever seen from Redmond. If all their software worked like this their suckometer would read a hell of a lot lower.
If their other software (read: Windows) worked like 'this', then 'this' wouldn't be needed in the first place./smirk
Not true. Unless 'working like this' means sandboxes almost everything[1]. Most people get pwned not because of Windows bugs, but because they actually run the malware, or got exploited by a drive-by browser/pdf bug (Firefox, IE, Adobe etc all have had drive-by bugs). There were even viruses that were in password protected zipfiles, people had to enter the password in the email and open the file, and still many actually did that! In such scenarios even if they were running Linux or OSX they'd get pwned. [1]
You know, I thought the same thing about Windows in general... until 7 came along. Then I was like "Wait. Wow. This is actually a decent OS".
Now I use Windows 7 on all my machines at home, with a rare dual boot to Ubuntu and mainly Cygwin for all my CLI, xterm, and gvim goodness (I do all my coding in vim)
I used to be so anti MS back when I read/. more regularly. It's a funny thing. Now Windows just works like it should, so it's by far my main OS for the compatibility.
If I worked on computers for a living I'd love windows too. It's guaranteed income, it stays broken so there is a never ending job security. The reason MS has 90 percent of the market is too simple. All PC's come with it. Not hard for anyone to figure out. If they all came with Linux for decades nobody would be looking for anything else either.
And a third- I have been using (and advocating use of) linux for 10+ years, but on those occasions where Windows MUST be used, I find that Security Essentials now does a credible job and is the easiest of all to manage.
The facts are: any of the top 10 Windows antivirus products will do a decent job. None will catch EVERYTHING, but all will catch most things. Keeping the av app updated and always running is more important than being "the best." (The best product with an out-of-date virus definition is not as go
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Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials, free if you have Microsoft Windows XP or higher, and it does work especially for the technical, not too adventerous link clicker. Gives you that extra layer of protection you seem to want for those 'oh shit' moments.
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Not only is it a reasonably good anti-malware tool, its the least intrusive one I've ever used, both as far as annoying popups and abusing system resources. My first download on any new Windows install.
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Not only is it a reasonably good anti-malware tool, its the least intrusive one I've ever used, both as far as annoying popups and abusing system resources. My first download on any new Windows install.
Yup, I recently switched all my Windows boxes to MSE from AVG, as AVG started giving me fits after the v.11 update.
Have yet to find a reason to switch again.
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Yep.. I'm a big-ol M$ hater, and I can say that MSSE is a pretty decent product.. FIrst thing I put on everyone else's computer after I fail to convince them to run Linux..
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Second this. It's the best thing I've ever seen from Redmond. If all their software worked like this their suckometer would read a hell of a lot lower.
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Second this. It's the best thing I've ever seen from Redmond. If all their software worked like this their suckometer would read a hell of a lot lower.
If their other software (read: Windows) worked like 'this', then 'this' wouldn't be needed in the first place. /smirk
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You know, I thought the same thing about Windows in general... until 7 came along. Then I was like "Wait. Wow. This is actually a decent OS".
Now I use Windows 7 on all my machines at home, with a rare dual boot to Ubuntu and mainly Cygwin for all my CLI, xterm, and gvim goodness (I do all my coding in vim)
I used to be so anti MS back when I read /. more regularly. It's a funny thing. Now Windows just works like it should, so it's by far my main OS for the compatibility.
(I have no comment on Windows 8 yet
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If I worked on computers for a living I'd love windows too. It's guaranteed income, it stays broken so there is a never ending job security. The reason MS has 90 percent of the market is too simple. All PC's come with it. Not hard for anyone to figure out. If they all came with Linux for decades nobody would be looking for anything else either.
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And a third-
I have been using (and advocating use of) linux for 10+ years, but on those occasions where Windows MUST be used, I find that Security Essentials now does a credible job and is the easiest of all to manage.
The facts are:
any of the top 10 Windows antivirus products will do a decent job. None will catch EVERYTHING, but all will catch most things.
Keeping the av app updated and always running is more important than being "the best." (The best product with an out-of-date virus definition is not as go