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“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security
Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
On 2019-12-10 13:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good.* Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn Security Essentials is not the best antimalware product for Windows, and that's putting it mildly. However, if Microsoft stops supporting it, you will need something else. Stay away from Norton and McAfee; Avast is, sadly, following in their footsteps. AVG is now part of Avast. There aren't that many top-tier products left. |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM:
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn "Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in 2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft expanded the licensing to small businesses https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula, defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8." Don't you have Windows Defender? |
Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7s free AV software, Security Essentials
On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote: Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7s free AV software, Security Essentials https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software. Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7" AVs. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of BitDefender. Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters. Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?) It's not difficult to avoid malware. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
On 10/12/2019 20:54, Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote: “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7" AVs. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of BitDefender. Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters. Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?) *It's not difficult to avoid malware*. []'s That's bullsh*t! If you don't use an anti-virus software programme with Microsoft Windows (before Windows 10) then you won't ever KNOW that your computer is free from malware. If your computer DOES have malware, and you attempt to download the Kaspersky Rescue Disk from here https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/krd18 You may end up being redirected to a 'spoof' Kaspersky site and be served with a 'doctored' Rescue Disk! You will THINK your machine is clean when, in fact, it remains infected! HTH |
Microsoft to end updates to Windows7s free AV software, SecurityEssentials
On 2019-12-10, Shadow wrote:
Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of BitDefender. There is a free version of Bitdefender. You need to register it but it is a free license. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Posts from Google Groups killfiled due to excess spam.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com Don't talk to cops! -- http://www.DontTalkToCops.com Badges don't grant extra rights -- http://www.CopBlock.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
On 2019-12-10 15:54, Alek wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM: “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn "Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in 2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft expanded the licensing to small businesses https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula, defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8." Don't you have Windows Defender? There are two applications named 'Windows Defender'. There's the Windows 7 application which is an absolutely useless anti spyware application. Worse than useless, it uses RAM and CPU cycles while achieving nothing. And then there's the Win 8 and later application which combined Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials into one and was still utterly useless at killing spyware. Windows Defender is now Microsoft Defender, and is a little better at killing spyware, it could hardly be worse. |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
On 12/10/2019 1:39 PM, Panthera Tigris Altaica wrote:
On 2019-12-10 13:42, Lynn McGuire wrote: “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good.* Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn Security Essentials is not the best antimalware product for Windows, and that's putting it mildly. True. However Microsoft Defender is much better. However, if Microsoft stops supporting it, you will need something else. Stay away from Norton and McAfee; I agree. Avast is, sadly, following in their footsteps. AVG is now part of Avast. There aren't that many top-tier products left. But there are are some, including Defender. -- Ken |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
On 12/10/2019 2:59 PM, Panthera Tigris Altaica wrote:
On 2019-12-10 15:54, Alek wrote: Lynn McGuire wrote on 12/10/2019 1:42 PM: “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Lynn "Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in 2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft expanded the licensing to small businesses https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13752/windows-security-essentials-eula, defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, *MSE was replaced by Windows Defender* with the launch of Windows 8." Don't you have Windows Defender? There are two applications named 'Windows Defender'. Yes, but... There's the Windows 7 application which is an absolutely useless anti spyware application. Worse than useless, it uses RAM and CPU cycles while achieving nothing. ....although it wasn't very good, it's wasn't as bad as "useless." And since this the Windows 10 newsgroup, it should be apparent which Defender is being talked about. And then there's the Win 8 and later application which combined Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials into one and was still utterly useless at killing spyware. Windows Defender is now Microsoft Defender, and is a little better at killing spyware, it could hardly be worse. I completely disagree. It's an excellent anti-virus program, but it's good to supplement it with MalwareBytes AntiMalware. -- Ken |
“Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials”
David wrote:
On 10/12/2019 20:54, Shadow wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:42:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote: “Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7’s free AV software, Security Essentials” https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ssentials.html “When support for Windows 7 ends on Jan. 14, Microsoft will also stop providing new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software.” Ok, this is not good. Microsoft is playing hardball here. It'll just boost the sale/usage of "compatible with Win 7" AVs. I am not impressed with any of the other antivirus products. Kaspersky is usually top in detection. Just ahead of BitDefender. Plus with Kaspersky you have the option to turn off sending all your Internet activity/unknown files to headquarters. Even so, I haven't used a resident AV for ages (5 years?) *It's not difficult to avoid malware*. []'s That's bullsh*t! If you don't use an anti-virus software programme with Microsoft Windows (before Windows 10) then you won't ever KNOW that your computer is free from malware. If your computer DOES have malware, and you attempt to download the Kaspersky Rescue Disk from here https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/krd18 You may end up being redirected to a 'spoof' Kaspersky site and be served with a 'doctored' Rescue Disk! You will THINK your machine is clean when, in fact, it remains infected! HTH 1) GOTO Public Library. 2) Download Kaspersky. 3) Burn CD. 4) Thank librarian for being there. Go home. Scan machine. This is what friends are for. Paul |
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