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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: nitro237 on September 29, 2009, 07:32:57 PM
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Follow the link to a free copy of what microsoft has used to replace windows one care which was a pay program. But now they are giving this new version away for free!
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ (http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/)
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very cool. wonder if it has realtime protection? only thing malware bytes doesnt have :bigcry:
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It does have realtime protection..pretty snazzy for free
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Read an article about it today. It's supposedly being developed as their version of Norton, but free.
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server 2003 support?
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i have limited knowledge on server but if server 03 supports xp programs then id say yes but thats just my guess
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I ask because most of the free AV apps won't run on a server os. The only one I found, or was found for me was ClamWin.
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I honor my fallen pirate comrades by using:
:pirate:
Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html)
Yarr!
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I just uninstalled avast last night in favor of this. The avast free version doesn't have a scheduler :P
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I just uninstalled avast last night in favor of this. The avast free version doesn't have a scheduler :P
Whats a schedule..?
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But seriously, with "on access" scanning why bother running a scan at all more or less on a schedule? You only need to do a scan initially one time or after getting infected. :idunno: I mean I get that it has an extra feature that avast doesn't have. But it's just a feature that I don't get or care about. Maybe I just like to compute dangerously. :nerd2:
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Or you compute carefully enough. I just don't know if I can trust a company to put out a product that fixes a problem with one of their other products... I mean, why hide security issues forever and not fix them? It's like a boat maker selling you a leaky boat and giving you free bubble gum.
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very cool. wonder if it has realtime protection? only thing malware bytes doesnt have :bigcry:
MBAM does have realtime protection, just not on the free version. The pay version does. Is that what you meant?
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Well, the other thing is that it seems to use less resources than avast. That's a good enough reason for me.
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Well, the other thing is that it seems to use less resources than avast. That's a good enough reason for me.
The Burning sensation means it's working.
It's like a boat maker selling you a leaky boat and giving you free bubble gum.
But then when the virus gets cleaned and breaks the OS is like the bubblegum turns to acid and makes a bigger hole in effect sinking said boat made buy the same manufacturer, who is willing to sell support to raise said sunken boat.
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Well, the other thing is that it seems to use less resources than avast. That's a good enough reason for me.
How are you measuring this? With just RAM usage? How about IO calls?
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I know diddly about IO calls. So yes, ram usage. :P
I like trying new software. I get bored with one after using it for years, and so whenever I see something new I jump for it. But I tend to normally go back to the old anyways. Just like my IM programs and media players (and web browsers, and movie players, and text editors...). So yeah I'll most likely go back to avast.
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and movie players, and text editors...)
So you're using edit.com TOO ?
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EmEditor (http://www.emeditor.com/).
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MBAM does have realtime protection, just not on the free version. The pay version does. Is that what you meant?
Yeah. I'm an el cheapo. I didnt pay for the pro version of MBAM. Though it's well worth the 24.95 IMO but free is always good.
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HAHAHA STOP SUCKING AT THE INTERNET!