I ran Security Essentials for a few months until I got real virus protection...it'll protect against anything known, but has no hueristics, so it's not any good against new things. If you are using the internet safely, and aren't using your systems inappropriately (thus, probably wouldn't get a virus anyway), then it's probably sufficient. But if you want to protect against the accidental click or getting files from shady sources, get NOD32. It's relatively cheap and well worth it. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:55 PM, <jimsissel@yahoo.com> wrote:

You said Microsoft and adequate in the same sentence.

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Awesome, glad they introduced it! I'm still sticking with NOD32 =) That does make it a nice free potential candidate though. On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Christofer C. Bell < christofer.c.bell@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Nathan Cerny <ncerny@gmail.com> wrote:

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I ran Security Essentials for a few months until I got real virus protection...it'll protect against anything known, but has no hueristics, so it's not any good against new things.

This is incorrect. Heuristic detection was introduced in MSE 2, which is the currently shipping product. Microsoft Security Essentials consistently rates highly as a quality product. Everything you want to know can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Security_Essentials

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