mcafee has run out is there any better

aliEnRIK

spaceboy wrote: »

I would trust my own experience more than AV Comparatives. And Computer Shopper did a proper test with real viruses and malware.

Do you even know the site AV COMPARITIVES?
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

They do the most comprehensive testing ive yet seen

And you never actually said what security essentials found that Avira didnt?

spaceboy

aliEnRIK wrote: »

And you never actually said what security essentials found that Avira didnt?

Because I cant remember what it was, but I am not making it up. Also note that in Computer Shopper's test Avira missed something too. it also wasnt the best at dealing with everything it did detect.

My girlfriend's laptop got a similar virus, it started opening random tabs and occasionally a pretend virus scanner appeared, Avira didnt get it, MSE did.

just my experience of course but i think it's valid to share it here. I wouldnt go back to Avira (had been using it for over 2 years).

aliEnRIK

Well if you NOTE the last test AV COMPARE did, MSE did quite poor compared to Avira
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Avira scoring 74% against PRO ACTIVE threats
MSE scoring just 56% (Quite a drop I think anyone would agree)

Thats said, they compared the PREMIUM version and not the free one (The premium version of Aviras firewall is very poor so I could never recommend that)

What the free version isnt too hot at is malware which I use MALWAREBYTES for anyways (In fact NONE of the av packages seem to do well against malware)

spaceboy

So they compred the Premium Avira against the standard MSE? Great test...

hamstercheeks_2

i would deffo recommend Avast also:j

aliEnRIK

spaceboy wrote: »

So they compred the Premium Avira against the standard MSE? Great test...

and with that i give up........

Marty_J

gaming_guy wrote: »

be prepared as you might spend a while removing infections that mcafee has missed.

McAfee has excellent detection rates, so that seems unlikely.

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Well if you NOTE the last test AV COMPARE did, MSE did quite poor compared to Avira
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Avira scoring 74% against PRO ACTIVE threats
MSE scoring just 56% (Quite a drop I think anyone would agree)

Do you have a link?

I didn't think they had tested Microsoft Security Essentials yet, just Microsoft Live OneCare.

macman

OP, if you have Barclays internet banking, then you can get Kaspersky free on a 3 PC licence.
Or you could buy McAfee new on a 3 user licence for £53...they always rip you off if you just buy a renewal.
http://home.mcafee.com/Store/Default.aspx

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

McAfee has excellent detection rates, so that seems unlikely.



Do you have a link?

I didn't think they had tested Microsoft Security Essentials yet, just Microsoft Live OneCare.

Just goto the site, its the last test (Novembers). But its only on GUESSING viruses, Not known ones

busenbust

spaceboy wrote: »

Computer Shopper did a test and Avast got 3 stars, MSE and AVG got 4 stars.

Because I cant remember what it was

:rotfl:You don't say! :rolleyes2 .