Im thinking of using it along with Panda Free. Despite MSEs poor showing in av tests, I was thinking maybe it would be ok for an added layer of protection. I seem to remember reading about certain malware that it catches that others tend to miss. Does anyone remember that? I remember it being very light performance wise also.
I see no reason to use MSE on top of Panda. And MSE isn't that light either. Just make sure windows firewall is on, and use a router.
MSE: Protection Score = 0.0/6.0 http://www.av-test.org/en/?avtest[t...[series]=10-7:1396310400.2,5-4-1:1406851200.2 https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/av-test-july-august-2014.368723/
On win 8.1 I use Windows Defender + MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. WD has same protection features as MSE. WD is integrated in OS, it uses CPU and RAM, but its impact on performance is not noticeable. Simple protection features fof WD allow for easy performance optimization: caching microsoft signed, delaying exe + file checks until usage threshold is passed (because of interval of monitor, CPU usage in practise is below 5% in my tests). MBAM Premium is designed to work on top of AV. On Win 8 I use Panda Free only (real lifet protection stats are great and it has lower impacta on browsing and application start as MSE). With every monthly Windows update you get most widely spread clean up anyway with MSRT. So I would not add MSE
MSE is no layer at all.. LOL Seriously? I've never seen MSE stop anything on any machine our MSP monitors that they insist on running MSE, and they are the most infected machines I've ever dealt with. In conclusion I would say it's almost entirely pointless.
MSE/WD was originally RAV (Reliable Antivirus) which was actually a pretty nice AV product. Microsoft bought it, and apparently expected it to survive without assigning a large malware team to it, which of course - didn't happen. So the net result is a substandard product. http://screenshot.ultradownloads.com.br/RAV-AntiVirus-Desktop_249623g.jpg
Very nice Mayahana! That was one of my favorites for sure. Here was another favorite of mine. You wouldn't get too many people to use it these days because of the GUI but in 1999 it was cool and did a great job.
InnoculateIT was very sweet, I used it. Add to that; Pest Patrol BOClean GIANT Antispyware Threatfire eXtendia AVK (used Kaspersky+RAV - POWERHOUSE)
