I've been using MSE for several months now and I've not experienced
anything like that occurring. It silently updates whenever it needs to
using the default installation settings.
I do however, seldom reboot my machine - it runs 24/7 since it doubles
as my mail server.
Norm Higgs
http://forbiddenpc.com
http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com
http://www.power-blog.com/info/4365
http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276
On 2011-07-28 7:25 PM, RogerX19 wrote:
> If I may jump in also, I used MSE for awhile, but got tired of it warning me that my antivirus was not up to date. I had it set to update automatically, but everytime I boot up, the icon would be orange instead of green, and I would get the message. After about 10 minutes or so, it would update itself.
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> I installed Avast, and when I bootup, I get a message after about 1 minute that my virus definitions have been updated automatically.
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> No b.s. warnings .. it just does it.
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> I figure that an antivirus program that isn't smart enough to update itself without putting up warning flags isn't smart enough to catch anything.
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> just my two rubles worth.
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> rogerX
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> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling"<vwinterling@...> wrote:
>> Jumping in here with pertinent data: I'm running MSE on a W7HP laptop and Avast free on all other machines in the house (currently 3 additional desktops, all W7 either HP or Ultimate; desktops are all 64-bit, laptop 32-bit). I've also been experimenting with Comodo free firewall. Previously I used Windows firewall.
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>> That said, everything is clean.
>>
>> I would say I was a bit unnerved by Fred Langa's recent experiment wherein he was able to successfully infect a machine with MSE. On balance, though, I think that same experiment could be run with any A/V. If you open the door, I think something is going to get in.
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>> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Gil"<kgcrafts@> wrote:
>>> Hi Joan,
>>>
>>> What's your opinion of Microsoft Security Essentials, as compared to Avast?
>>>
>>> Gil
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joan Leach
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:34 AM
>>> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] tracking cookies
>>>
>>> You can have only ONE active anti-virus!! More anti-spyware is great, but not anti-virus programs: Norton, AVG, Avast are anti-virus chiefly...pick one, and I'd go with Avast, but others might pick something else. Avast has a separate remove tool to download, as does Norton, but unsure of AVG. Plus there are phony AVG programs out there, too, as I have had to remove from client computers.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> Joan in Reno
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 7/26/11, Norm Higgs<norm@> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Norm Higgs<norm@>
>>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] tracking cookies
>>> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>>> Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 4:26 PM
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>>> No, No, and No.
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>>> Norm Higgs
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>>> http://forbiddenpc.com
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>>> http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com
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>>> http://www.power-blog.com/info/4365
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>>> http://freetrafficbar.com?r=74276
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>>> On 2011-07-25 8:44 PM, Lisame Skinner wrote:
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>>>> hi i have avg,spybot and avasti,security,and on scans no problems,however,i purchased a product,that came with norton ani virus,and they found 20 tracking cookies
>>>> 1/is this an issue
>>>> 2/do i need to buy the product to fix
>>>> 3/are tracking cookies an issue
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