[OT] Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Final to release coming weeks

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yep- got an email from Microsoft saying it will be released soon. Rumors
say it will be released when windows 7 comes to retail stores on oct 22
robin
 
Good links, thanks!

I particularly liked the columnist's statement that it had saved her
bacon--that's a good admission--a) it can happen to anyone, and b) it
actually works!

Looks like Paul Thurrot accidentally posted the release notice a bit too
soon, but he likes it too...
 
I like it also- I just do not like it for xp
unless you are running a super duper fast computer
on the older ones it tends to use up a lot of cpu usage
robin

Bill Sanderson said:
Good links, thanks!

I particularly liked the columnist's statement that it had saved her
bacon--that's a good admission--a) it can happen to anyone, and b) it
actually works!

Looks like Paul Thurrot accidentally posted the release notice a bit too
soon, but he likes it too...
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Hello:

Unfortunately, Robin is correct about MSE running on older Win XP PCs.

I have an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ CPU, 1 GB RAM, and 100 GB HD (that's in
desperate need of some free space) from Christmas of 2002.

MSE at times sucks up major CPU cycles, such as running above 90% CPU
utilization according to the XP Task Manager, often running at 98-99%. It
also is using about 70 MB of RAM. And a full scan of my system takes at
least 14 hours. I don't know the exact time, as MSE does not show the total
scan time (that I've been able to find), but I've seen the in progress time
as long as 14 hours. (I like to run a full system scan overnight while I'm
sleeping and have it done when I wake up and want to check my email. And MSE
does not have a "Pause" button that would allow me to temporarily stop the
scan, read and write some emails, and then resume the scan.)

While MSE may be a great product for newer systems with higher horsepower, I
don't care for it on my older system. So I'm going to revert back to the
light and quick Avira AntiVir for now.

Cheers,
Jerry
 
The most likely cause for the excessive CPU and long scan times is a
conflict with other security software providing active protection. It
can also conflict with other processes, though that's less common and
something that the Microsoft AntiMalware team (responsible for the
engine and definitions) would want to fix.
-steve
 
not true, Steve
I put it on 2 older systems (they are around 5-6yrs old) running xp home and
pro with sp3
I only had MSE on them. Both ran superantispware free as an on demand
program not in resident. Both computers were Pentium 4's and on both of
them I got a cpu usage of 90-100%. Remove MSE- no more spikes. Put AVG
Free on them- no spikes

I then tested it on another computer that I have which has a dual core
processor )this computer is 3yrs old) running xp pro sp3 and I have
superantispyware pro running in residence but they do not scan at the same
time. There is hardly any cpu spikes at all

I have seen on the MSE forums lots who have older xp computers (home or pro)
with the same problem.
Now I have a Vista AMD processor 64bit (this machine is about 4yrs old) and
I put MSE on there and there are no spikes
I am running Windows 7 virtually on a vista laptop (that is 2yrs old- dual 2
core processor) and see no spikes

This seems to only happen on older processors running xp

robin
 
As I said, Robin, it does not have to be due to clashing with a
security app, it can be clashing with a driver or some other program,
too. I would imagine that it would be much more noticable on an older,
slower processor. For what its worth, I have installed it on a few
machines of the same vintage - 5 to 6 years old single core Intel and
AMD processors and have not experienced the processor usage issues
with msmpeng.
-steve
 
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