intranet Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 The anti - virus installed you recommend for windows 8?But I can not make it to microsoft security essential antivirus, and if you help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 MSE is included in WIndows8 as Windows Defender. But it sucks and slows down Windows 8 dramatically. Test Avira, AVG or Avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_sw Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 for how long Anti-Virus product would not report an App using "Microsoft Advertising SDK for windows 8" as an ADWare?By definition, window-8' app that using that 'SDK' must be labeled as ADWare, for it behave not much different than exisiting adware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servelius Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Eset Smart Security has never betrayed me, instantly catches viruses, blocks harmful pages, and it's easy on resources. No blue screens. One drawback it's commercial soft.Of the freeware I use in my virtual machines is Comodo Internet Security, it's good but takes time to play with its settings to lower user interaction to a minimum. No blue screens either. One drawback is it doesn't update AV defs as often as for example Eset does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) When Windows Updates stopped working on the Win8 Developer Preview and I could no longer update Defender, I installed Avast! free edition. Works great, no problems.For my work PCs, though, I use Norton 360 or Norton Internet Security. However, I'm sticking with the pre-2012 versions of the software. I made the mistake of "upgrading" Norton 360 on my (Vista) laptop to version 6, and it's been Metrofied into big ugly squares with a kindergarten look. Also, the malware scan functions have been split from the PC maintenance functions, which means that now I can't just tell it to do everything in one session and leave it overnight.--JorgeA Edited October 13, 2012 by JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 None needed, Windows Defender does the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 but very bad. With Defender, Windows 8 is DRAMATICALLY slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Avast works pretty nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manish682 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 MSE is included in WIndows8 as Windows Defender. But it sucks and slows down Windows 8 dramatically. Test Avira, AVG or Avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manish682 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Try Eset which supposed to be very lite on system resources and will never slow your system, above all it is one of the maximum awards winner in system security solutions. I have personaly used Eset since last 5 years and it has performed satisfactorily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tal ormanda Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 MSE is included in WIndows8 as Windows Defender. But it sucks and slows down Windows 8 dramatically. Test Avira, AVG or Avast.Slow how? And how do you disable it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 it is extremely slow. 1 CPU core is hogging the CPU alls the time and it uses 180MB RAM all the time:scrolling through the Explorer is nearly impossible, because of Defender. I've removed the crap with this tool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneticplasma Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) it is extremely slowsorry, but that's bul*****!1 CPU core is hogging the CPU alls the time and it uses 180MB RAM all the time:scrolling through the Explorer is nearly impossible, because of Defender. This issue would be with any antivirus-software, porbably much more by using other scanners.Please take a look at av-Comparitives there is al listing of the most antivirus-tools and a performance test...read this and talk on...Defender has one of the best performance of all testes antivirus-tools, but detection-rate is really bad. Edited November 4, 2012 by geneticplasma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_sw Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Defender has one of the best performance of all testes antivirus-tools,but detection-rate is really bad. Isn't that an oxymoron?can i read that as: "Defender perform well that it allow many virus(ii/es ,whatever float your boat) to slips into your system" ? Edited November 4, 2012 by Joseph_sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneticplasma Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Isn't that an oxymoron?No it isn't.can i read that as: "Defender perform well that it allow many virus(ii/es ,whatever float your boat) to slips into your system" ? Also no!For most of all Defender affords enough security.But if you often click on files like "big_tits.exe" or on Warez-Sites "Crack_all.exe" it could be useful to use another antivirus-tool. Edited November 4, 2012 by geneticplasma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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