MSE seems to be excellent

that's great JRViejo,
But I think the response time depends on work load. For me Dr Web often reported me within 2 hours, often it took more than 24 hours.

 

Well, now I'm on GDATA
I tried it few days ago with whole suite and had to drop it because of high CPU usage (turned out their firewall was causing that), now I installed just AV with Comodo firewall (just firewall, no D+ and other stuff). Working great I must say, if there is no random high CPU usage or memory eating I'll stick with it for sure.

 

Yes that's true. But without analyzing how can they determine the severity? And if they analyzed it they what should be the reason for delay? I doubt if workload matters here.

 

They fixed their updating issue and would probably use the AV but for some reason if I'm playing a game and it updates, it knocks you to the desktop.
Not sure if there is a work around for this behavior. Some other AV's detect the full screen mode and do not knock you to the desktop.

I think is runs light and has good detection capabilities.

Ice

 

Been using MSE for quite some time now...coupled with some sensible thinking you wouldn't need anything else ever again!! Catches most of those pesky ones as well who do manage to get through though...

MSE ftw!!

 

Are any of you guys using MSE with pctools firewall? how does it workout ? any compatibility issues? please let me know. I installed MSE on my kids pc afew days ago (win 7).I used it a while back on my notebook with windows firewall.

 

No problem in it updating. See simple fix for those who turn their PCs or laptops off frequently.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1635056&postcount=12

More info on how MSE works with Sandboxie here.

Great performance in the latest AVC test. In most of the testing I've done, MSE always performed well.

It won't suit everyone, but then again, no product does.

 

Good Morning ! Brainrb1...tried mse the otherday...currently use it in conjunction with p.c. tools firewall plus...and no conflicts whatsoever! I'm currently using anti-vir personal...and by weeks end might revert back to mse. Sincerely...Securon

 

I used MSE when it first came out then moved on to something else. I've been trying to re-install again but am not able. Installer starts but I keep getting an error message saying that MSE is not able to install. Anyone else have a similar problem?

 

Thank you and good morning to you too.I was reading in their forums that it works best with the windows firewall so was kind of confused and wanted to know how does it pair up with third party firewalls.With windows firewall it was hard to control outbound programs i wanted to block.
I am using pctools with avast on my notebook with no problems so far.I would want to hear from some longtime users because if its more secure with windows firewall then i will not compromise security, its for kids after all.

 

No, you can use whatever firewall you want. MSE doesn't have any kind of feature that somehow makes it more secure when you use different applications, it's standalone, and uses system services already available.

 

Thank you but their forums are full of advice to use it with windows firewall,maybe they have designed it to hook something into windows firewall.Well i will give it a try anyway and see how it goes

 

No big problems here jerry since the MSE beta last year. Installed MSE and did not look back.

 

Using with pctools firewall three hours and its doing great far better and snappier than with windows firewall, both a keeper for my kids

 

Windows firewall is a light and simple firewall that gets the job done, ofcourse they will recommend it, why wouldn't they? It's already installed, and just requires to be turned on, no further support from them.

Again, no there is no magical hooks into Windows Firewall that makes it more secure. Windows Firewall uses the Windows Filtering Platform API, which is a part of Windows, and what MSE would use if it needed it.