[dba-Tech] John Bartow - Windows 7 - Vipre conflict

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Mon May 2 21:18:12 CDT 2011


Hi Rocky,
I've been testing MSE and holding my breath hoping that I could eventually
start recommending MSE over Avira Free AV. It has made good gains both in
detection rates and resource usage but unfortunately it recently got whapped
pretty bad with an infection that caused a lot of problems. But IMO you are
still better off with MSE than AVG. Have you noticed that your PCs is a
little more responsive since you switched?

For someone that never gets infected though, what can I say? Well, I guess I
can say "where were you during our discussion on the percentage of infected
PCs discussion on OT?  ;o) 

Just in case something got through that MSE didn't even notice I would
recommend that you occasionally scan with VipreRescue (a free command line
scanner and removal tool version of Vipre - completely non-preventative
though). It's simple to use - it copies itself to a folder and runs a full
scan and removes anything it finds. It runs in a command window. If you care
to, you can browse through the log file it creates. And also with
MalwareBytes. Its pretty simple to use too and is very good at detecting and
removing the scareware/scamware Trojans, etc.
http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/Download/
http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button

As far as benefits of Vipre over MSE:
Better preventative detection rates
Less CPU/RAM resource usage
US based technical support for problems and malware removal (nothing is
perfect - so it is nice to have someone you can understand clean up anything
that gets through).

Benefits of MSE:
Its free (Vipre costs $30 for one and $50 for all of the computers in your
house)

HTH
John B





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