Microsoft Security Essentials

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[shadha]

Hi Everyone
I see that today MS released their new " Microsoft Security Essentials ". My question is - is this an av or is it similar to Malwarebytes or Iobit 360. I am currently using Iobit 360 cause it is real time. I dont have any conflicts using CIS and Iobit together but not sure if I should give MSE a go or leave things the way they are. I also know that, if it is an av then, I can't run the av component of CIS as well as MSE.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
shadha   

[kail]

Well if nobody responds and you decide to try it yourself, please report back on your own impressions/experiences. I'm interested on if they work together without alteration. But, I believe it would be best to set both CIS & MSE to fully trust and/or ignore each other in as much as it is possible in each application.

[shadha]

Hi Kail,
I did a bit of research and found out that it is in fact an av. I have just done a complete format of my laptop and it is running perfectly so i wont be uninstalling CIS and installing MSE. I stuffed up my laptop last time cause I was installing and uninstalling this , that and anything else I could play with.  Besides I am more than happy withn CIS and cant wait for the next big change with CIS 4. The only thing I really want to try out is Time Machine but will wait for it to come out of beta and Backup once it has usb bootability.
shadha

[RejZoR]

MSE works great on netbook and on my main system. It's very simple and doesn't really offer much to configure. It just works out of the box. And i actually like it even though i prefer to tweak everysthing myself.

[Anarion]

How good it actually is? It looks quite promising. If the detection is goof I might switch to it from Avast.

[languy99]

look here

Video 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gonD8Y44hlA

Video 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs5REBp8rrY

[MetalShaun]

MSE works really well with Defense + and the firewall. No issues when i used it and the pop ups for MSE come up first stopping any Defense + alerts from showing for the same file.

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