Hi, recently i am trying out the microsoft security essential, replacing AVG, i would like to know if this is a good software? I mean in terms of protection, false positive and software crash?

If i install MSE, is it necessary to install the windows defender as well?

for your information i am using window xp sp2.


thanks for your kind attention and help =)

This post has been edited by leong31: Jan 10 2011, 11:49 PM

It's good actually, for free antivirus. Very less false positive detection, and less software crash (I rarely get crashes with MSE) .

Install MSE alone is enough and don't have to worry about window defender, we don't need them after MSE.

Btw, MSE will automaticly disable window defender by it's own (just if your windows have Window Defender).

I see, thanks for the info =)

Is MSE enough on its own? Or do you use any compliment software like malwarebytes to take care of things other than viruses?

yes,but if wanna better protection,u can use dual av...

btw,refer this : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1554995

Malwarebytes is not an AV so you can have it on ur system as well

Never use 2 real-time antivirus together.

jz dl malwarebytes + superantispyware as on-demand scanner, it wil b a vy great combo for ur mse

after some time trying mse, it was fine and not lagging my com =)

however i notice the update is so slow @@

when i notice that it is almost i update manually, i purposely stop manual updating, and it didn't update for 2 days @@

my window update was on all the time so i am not sure what happen, i try to find the setting to see what is the update interval, but there is no such setting omg!

did i miss something or did something wrong?

i have downloaded superantispyware and malwarebyte, i shall test them =)

hem,ur mse update not appear at windows updates' window...so,u dunno what exactly mse update...



yes,u should test them,combine with mse...

MSE is one of the AV which I continuously support after usage, gave up Kaspersky as it is growing demanding on system resources and many stupid prompt (eg the email receive one).

MSE left little footprint on your system in comparison, do job silently at background which seldom requires your attention, and only prompt when it really have to

used MSE and satisfied and it not resource hogger... believe due to the build specially Windows... save alot of cash yearly on the internet security... always suggest my friend to get Windows Genuine and use MSe instead of yearly buy the antivirus...

Am using it also and very satisfy with it. Low on memory hog and others.

MSE - stop using it, later more people use and ended up like Kasperksy, Kaspersky used to pretty good AV until Jackie Chan ruin it for good

in other saying ( ), it's lightweight AV and i use it.

Must have much more people using it, if not they will not be enough people collecting the av treat ma.