Access Denied Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Microsoft Security EssentialsHas anyone tried this? I am running it now. It seems geared toward the novice user IMO, however it appears to do a pretty darn good job. It doesn't hit on the FP that Avira and KAV did on here. It also picked up the two rar'd nasties I had for testing. Each were 3 or more layers deep in the rar file. All in all, codename Morro is rather impressive so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajua Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Have you try it with a third-party firewall?I'm thinking of trying it with Agnitum Outpost Firewall Free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) I am using it with Sphinx Windows 7 firewall control. No problems whatsoever. Edited July 29, 2009 by Access Denied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajua Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I am using it with Sphinx Windows 7 firewall control. No problems whatsoever.Thanks for the info. I have always an up-to-date internet security suite (KIS for the last years) but if Microsoft Security Essentials works and detects very well I will start recommending it to some customers that can't or won't buy AV or security suite subscriptions.If they want a firewall, there are good free alternatives too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Sphinx Firewall Control has a free version also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Microsoft Security EssentialsHas anyone tried this? I am running it now. It seems geared toward the novice user IMO, however it appears to do a pretty darn good job. It doesn't hit on the FP that Avira and KAV did on here. It also picked up the two rar'd nasties I had for testing. Each were 3 or more layers deep in the rar file. All in all, codename Morro is rather impressive so far. How resource-dependent would you say it is? I've got Windows 7 RC installed on my MacBook Pro under Parallels with 1GB of memory dedicated to it and use it strictly for using Office. Right now, it's got no security software installed whatsoever (the built-in firewall is disabled too) because I can't justify the need for it when I can simply roll back to a previous working state using Parallels, but it would be nice to have that extra layer of protection "just in case," provided it doesn't use that much CPU power and memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Microsoft Security EssentialsHas anyone tried this? I am running it now. It seems geared toward the novice user IMO, however it appears to do a pretty darn good job. It doesn't hit on the FP that Avira and KAV did on here. It also picked up the two rar'd nasties I had for testing. Each were 3 or more layers deep in the rar file. All in all, codename Morro is rather impressive so far. How resource-dependent would you say it is? I've got Windows 7 RC installed on my MacBook Pro under Parallels with 1GB of memory dedicated to it and use it strictly for using Office. Right now, it's got no security software installed whatsoever (the built-in firewall is disabled too) because I can't justify the need for it when I can simply roll back to a previous working state using Parallels, but it would be nice to have that extra layer of protection "just in case," provided it doesn't use that much CPU power and memory.uptime 15 hours, only service I see with MSE is running at 3892 K right now. The actually load is non-existent to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I actually replaced a NOD32 install with MSE Only complaint is the GUI doesn't adjust well to DPI scaling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 I have since noticed there is an Antimalware service using just under 50MB. So roughly the entire footprint is around 50MB on 64bit 7.I bet that GUI looks kinda funky DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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