Comments on: Who Will Use Microsoft Security Essentials? http://www.computerdefense.org/2009/07/who-will-use-microsoft-security-essentials/ Sharing my thoughts with the world. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Harley http://www.computerdefense.org/2009/07/who-will-use-microsoft-security-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-94362 David Harley Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:14:34 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=779#comment-94362 SOHO is an interesting point to raise. Those companies that supply a free version for home users usually specify that it's for non-commercial use, so SOHO users may not be able to use them (which doesn't mean they don't , of course!) If Microsoft's final product goes against the flow on that one, it could actually hurt some other vendors. I think I feel another blog coming on. SOHO is an interesting point to raise. Those companies that supply a free version for home users usually specify that it's for non-commercial use, so SOHO users may not be able to use them (which doesn't mean they don't , of course!) If Microsoft's final product goes against the flow on that one, it could actually hurt some other vendors. I think I feel another blog coming on.

]]> By: Michael Janke http://www.computerdefense.org/2009/07/who-will-use-microsoft-security-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-94353 Michael Janke Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:23:02 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=779#comment-94353 I tend to agree with your conclusion. The MS product is more likely to displace the free products used in the home and SOHO than the paid products. My advice to soho/home users has been to install the least obtrusive and simplest free product, and make sure it's always running. If MSE is unobtrusive, it can fill that role. I tend to agree with your conclusion. The MS product is more likely to displace the free products used in the home and SOHO than the paid products.

My advice to soho/home users has been to install the least obtrusive and simplest free product, and make sure it’s always running. If MSE is unobtrusive, it can fill that role.

]]> By: kurt wismer http://www.computerdefense.org/2009/07/who-will-use-microsoft-security-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-94352 kurt wismer Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:23:51 +0000 http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=779#comment-94352 microsoft may be good at pushing out updates, but they're not so good at making up their minds with regards to what kind of presence they should have in the consumer level anti-malware market. if MSE is still around in 2 years then great, but what if they change direction again? i don't mean to knock the technology, mind you, since i know they've attracted some top-notch av minds to their efforts, but i would wait until things have settled down for a while and the product has a few good showings in independent testing before i decide it's good enough to endorse to friends and family. as for the avg/spam connection - had you used a unique, disposable, forwarding email address during registration you would have had more certainty about where the increase in spam you were seeing was or wasn't coming from. microsoft may be good at pushing out updates, but they're not so good at making up their minds with regards to what kind of presence they should have in the consumer level anti-malware market. if MSE is still around in 2 years then great, but what if they change direction again?

i don't mean to knock the technology, mind you, since i know they've attracted some top-notch av minds to their efforts, but i would wait until things have settled down for a while and the product has a few good showings in independent testing before i decide it's good enough to endorse to friends and family.

as for the avg/spam connection – had you used a unique, disposable, forwarding email address during registration you would have had more certainty about where the increase in spam you were seeing was or wasn't coming from.

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