Microsoft Security Essentials loses certification

[scottish]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/microsof...est/18117.html

I can hear the gales of laughter echoing through the Internet from all those people who love nothing better than smack talking Microsoft and its products following the news that the company's free security software package Security Essentials has lost its certification after bombing the security testing done by AV-TEST labs.

While Security Essentials scored exceedingly well when it came to usability - 5.5 out of 6; which included false positives and system resource impact, but fell down really hard when it came to zero-day protection where it only picked up on 64% of new threats in comparison to the industry standard of 89%.

Apparently its heuristics engine is where the problem seems to be, and which has been reported as a problem before, and the lack of a solid behavioral scanner, something that has increasingly become an industry standard requirement. On a slightly positive note though MSE did manage to detect 100% of malware that was three months or older.

The other areas that failed to impress the team at AV-TEST was the less than stellar way that Security Essentials handled the removal of "critical system modifications" with a repair score of only 3.5 out of 6.

As a fan of MSE it is sad to see, what was once regarded as a really good security software package by the industry, start this kind of downward slide. I guess it's time to find a new anti-virus package



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[RyRy]

Oh that's just fab that's what I use Gonna have to buy an ESET license off the job now ughhhhhh

[peteyt]

Oh that's just fab that's what I use Gonna have to buy an ESET license off the job now ughhhhhh

I use Eset Smart Security and it seems to be good always scores high in AV tests to

[scottish]

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home...cer/microsoft/

not paying £45 or whatever for ESET lol

if msft doesn't fix it (which they did in 2010 after it failed the certification, can see on link) i'll go to avast or something

[Samantha]

Luckily I get mine paid for but at least people know about it so they can change anything necessary.

[peteyt]

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home...cer/microsoft/

not paying £45 or whatever for ESET lol

if msft doesn't fix it (which they did in 2010 after it failed the certification, can see on link) i'll go to avast or something

Most people on here usually don't buy things anyway's if you get me. But to me its one of the best and if I was buying one I'd rather buy the top then a cheaper but less secure alternative.

[xxMATTGxx]

Surely they will just update it and then it's all back to normal.

[scottish]

Hopefully, they improved it in 2010 when they lost AV-TEST certification, not sure what version w8 / bit defender is running so might not include that as it's supposed to be improved?

oh well, currently use MSE with Malwarebytes Anti-malware and Spyware Doctor

I have faith, if i'm feel I want to be extra safe can just run http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner-popup/

[Mr-Trainor]

Yeah hopefully they'll update it soon, as this is what I use.

[compositeLegend]

Aww. I've used MSE for quite a while now. Not sure where to go from here. Haha.