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"MSE failed to remove trojans"
Pros
Easy interface, great price
Cons
Completely failed to detect and remove a trojan from my machine
Summary
Although I have been using MSE for years, I, much to my surprise, found my computer infected by a trojan that slowed my computer down to a crawl and turned my e-mail accounts into spambots. Multiple scans, including several in safe mode, turned up nothing.
After I downloaded a free trial of a paid antivirus, it only took one scan to remove a trojan.
I ended up having to cancel credit cards and change all of my passwords, all because of this one little virus.
I can't recommend this program as a first line of defense.
2 replies to this review
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What browser are you using?
% Malware Blocked:
IE9 - 96%
Google Chrome - 13.2%
FireFox - 7.6%
Opera - 6.1%
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http://www.nsslabs.com/research/endpoint-security/browser-security/socially-engineered-malware-global-q3-2011.html -
Microsoft Security Essentials won the PC Advisor's Best Free Software award.
Numerous awards from other independent AV testing org Virusbulletin VB100 award AVcomapartives 4 star award to name a few
