{"id":2271,"date":"2009-10-01T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2009-10-01T11:30:28","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:30:28","slug":"microsoft-security-essentials-first-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/microsoft-security-essentials-first-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Security Essentials First Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I mentioned Morro in a recent post about fun with viruses<\/a> and the beauty of the cloud, but as a UK resident I did not have access to the software. Well now Microsoft Security Essentials<\/a> is available everywhere: it is a free, integrated engine for Antivirus, Antispyware and Antimalware.<\/p>\n

First thoughts? Great stuff. Really. The first and most noticeable impact was on overall system performance. I am a Windows XP stuck in the mud, and now I have another reason for the status quo – my machine just got faster. Talking of the status quo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

feeling sentimental as i uninstall zonealarm for Security Essentials. you’ve protected me well, dear friend, but its time to move on<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Essentials also immediately picked up what looked like a potentially ugly piece of malware- a “password catcher”. Sophos had missed it. Security on Windows has been a nightmare of administration as different tools clashed over resources. As I complained before<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I, for one, am fed up to the back teeth with the pathetic interoperability of security tools on desktops and laptops. I know I am not alone. Of course the AV vendors have to take a lot of responsibility here \u2013 if they worried more about user experience it would be easier to negotiate with them and get them to do the right thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well the problem is now sorted out, for me at least. I have decided to embrace Microsoft’s warm embrace. I can’t vouch for Essentials as an enterprise tool, but first impressions for me – are good. Any time your machine becomes faster and apparently more secure you have to feel good about the change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned Morro in a recent post about fun with viruses and the beauty of the cloud, but as a UK resident I did not have access to the software. Well now Microsoft Security Essentials is available everywhere: it is a free, integrated engine for Antivirus, Antispyware and Antimalware. First thoughts? Great stuff. Really. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wfjh-AD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}