Joe,
I'm no expert -- certainly not an MSVP -- but I've been an active PC user
for about 13 years. I've tried many different free and paid AVs,
Spyware/Malware prevent/ removal types, and several different firewalls. I
spend on average, about 5 hours/day on the Internet. No matter what
protection I was using at any given time, I always kept it up-to-date and
active and it always has kept me well protected. My last configuration
prior to going to MSE and the Windows firewall was a ZoneAlarm firewall,
AVAST! free AV, SpywareBlaster, MSVP Hosts file, SpyBot S&D, free
Malwarebytes, and free SUPERAntiSpyware. Kept me clean as a whistle but was
a real pain to keep track of all of it and keep it all updated. Also, some
of it slowed down my computer. Since dumping ZA, AVAST!, SpyBot S&D, Hosts
file and going to MSE/Windows firewall and running free SUPERAntiSpyware and
Malwarebytes weekly, I remain squeaky clean and my XP/SP3/IE8/dual 2.2 Intel
machine is lightning fast.
MSE auto updates daily, has a small footprint, is easy to use and for me,
works flawlessly.
One user's MSE experience. As always, YMMV .
Aside: I was surprised to hear Jose's anti MS/MSE bias as I have always
valued his opinions/advice.
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"joe" <joe@ebox.com> wrote in message
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I have winxp pro sp3.
I have downloaded but not yet installed Microsoft Security Essentials.
Firstly a question. Do I have to uninstall all other malware and AV programs
if I do install?
I have read a few rave reviews on the net but would really appreciate any
comments from you guys here. I still see recomendations for Malwarebytes and
other stuff. So how many people here are in favourof MSE ?
tia