[MacTUG] some 2014 reviews of Microsoft's security Essentials offering

Marlon A. Griffith m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca
Tue Nov 25 12:21:55 EST 2014


 From Erick,

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Here are some 2014 reviews of Microsoft's security Essentials offerring:

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/windows_os_security/microsoft-windows-security-essentials-enough-enterprise-security.html

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/internet-security/1401920/kaspersky-top-as-bitdefender-fails-in-latest-security-tests

In a nutshell, in a multivendor test it scored last and didn't prevent 41% of the virus attacks, whereas the top ones were at or close to 100% effective, ie. let through 0% to 3% of viruses. During tests the microsoft system also kept being stopped and prompted ransom-ware.
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