[access-uk] Re: Microsoft security essentials
- From: Michael Cassidy <mike.cassidy137@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Access-UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:47:35 +0000
Hello listers,
We can’t take one group of test results as absolute; I’ve never had any
problems with MSE.
Cheers,
Mike
> On 29 Jan 2015, at 09:34, Barry Hill <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ali
>
> For usability, MSE is great, but read this article below that I got from
> http://sportnu.com/
>
> Once again, Microsoft's Security Essentials has finished at the bottom of
> the list during AV-Test's latest evaluation of antivirus products. The
> German-based testing firm pitted 28 antivirus programs (a mix of free and
> paid offerings) against 153 pieces of zero-day malware and 12,327 pieces of
> known maware on Windows 7 machines in a three-part test that scores on
> protection, performance and usability.
>
> The tests, which were conducted in December, not only had Microsoft's free
> antivirus tool (version 4.6) coming in dead last among 28 competitors, but
> it scored 0 out of 6 points in the category of malware protection. It fared
> a better when it came to performance (4 out of 6) and scored a perfect 6
> points when it came to usability. However, if your antivirus is not
> successful in blocking threats, ease of use will never make up for that
> glaring weakness.
>
> Microsoft in the past has spoken out against AV-Test's findings in the past,
> saying that while the testing firm rates the products based off of missed
> malware detections, Microsoft prioritizes protection based off of real-world
> malware use and potential risk to end users.
>
> In a blog from 2013, Microsoft's Joe Blackbird said that the majority of
> malware tested against its products would rarely be encountered in the wild.
> "Our review showed that 0.0033 percent of our Microsoft Security Essentials
> and Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection customers were impacted by
> malware samples not detected during the test," wrote Blackbird. "In
> addition, 94 percent of the malware samples not detected during the test
> didn't impact our customers."
>
>
> According to the latest batch of testing, when it comes to antivirus
> protection, you get what you pay for. That's why it's no surprise that the
> three products that claimed perfect scores in the category of protection are
> all paid products. Avira's Antivirus Pro 2015, F-Secure Internet Security
> 2015 and Trend Micro Internet Security 2015 were all awarded the company's
> seal of approval. All three blocked 100 percent of both known and new
> malware attacks during the December testing.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Ali
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:29 AM
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> Subject: [access-uk] Microsoft security essentials
>
> Hi all,
> what do people think about the above?
>
> -------------------
> Thank you
> Ali
>
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