Re: MS Security Essentials
- From: "NT Canuck" <remove_ntcanuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:02:45 -0500
"t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista Home premium SP2, IE8, WLM
I have Avast! and Spybot Search&Destroy.
Would like to hear opinions about MS Security Essentials.
If I do decide to install MSSE, do I need to uninstall what I have ?
I can tell you that Avast keeps a log separate under the
eventlog viewer, and if it crashes (which it will sooner
or later just as they all do) you can goto the add/remove
programs and 'repair' the critter...but only limps then if
under a real attack/corruption/invasion.
Spybot isn't much better, nothing can by itself sustain
against a cavalier attitude online, you must be vigilant,
and even then...keep a full backup of OS/programs off
the HDD and place on DVD or separated HDD.
Avast doesn't uninstall clean...leaves about 200
registry entries behind (that can leave problems)
Spybot leaves around 70 entries in registry.
Every time you install/trial/test an A/V or spyware/
Trojan program they cut, slice, and dice their
way into the registry often altering legitimate
pathways and hooking all kinds of processes.
Those items need to be diligently cleaned even
after an uninstal...folders, files, and entries..
there is no auto anything that does this correctly.
A 'clean slate' is absolutely essential for the
installation and running of any new/different
A/V or spy/Trojan program...or that can cause
problems just as severe as any infection.
'Seek and ye shall find'
NT Canuck
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