How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?

[Nubbleet]

This Microsoft AV software sounds good.

 

[KSoD]

In the past that is a notion that i would have considered crazy, but given the high quality of M$ new products it is a prudent decision. I'm loving 7 now that I got my driver issues fixed.

Well i am crazy so for me this is normal. I have nothing but Beta browser on here and so much more. For me running Beta software is normal. I feel weird running final products.:laughing:

 

[zmatt]

Hey Mak, whats the deal with false positives on the M$ AV? Avast deleted a system file on a clean windows install that had never been online before so i gave up on it. And AVG has been known to try and mark the drm on my games as viruses. Does the M$ AV have similar issues, or does it know what is ok and what isn't?

 

[KSoD]

Hey Mak, whats the deal with false positives on the M$ AV? Avast deleted a system file on a clean windows install that had never been online before so i gave up on it. And AVG has been known to try and mark the drm on my games as viruses. Does the M$ AV have similar issues, or does it know what is ok and what isn't?

From the various sites that i have read about the testing done MSE has very few false positives. I know i linked to a site or 3 about the testing that was done and said even in house files that they use to trick other AV apps did not set off MSE.

So i would highly doubt that MSE will be set off by the DRM from your games.

 

[Trotter]

Just tested it using Eset's online scanner. Eset pulled up 11 that MSE had missed.

 

[KSoD]

Missed or false positives?

 

[Trotter]

Missed. MSE didn't register them, but Eset did. I wish I would have took note of what the items were, though... Eset tends to be extremely thorough so they might not have been viruses per se.

 

[KSoD]

That is why i asked if they were false positives. I mean Eset flags the Firefox Ultimate Optimizer as a virus. While very few others do. Which is why i am not overly concerned that Eset found those items. Cause it can simply just be Eset being over protective and not MSE actually missing the items.