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What do you guys think about it? I'm wondering if it can work like a retail Anti-Virus/Spyware? I have CA Anti-Virus and am wonder if I should dump it and get MSE once it comes out?

What anti-virus would you guys recommend?
 
I dont know, was thinking about trying it. Its just Microshaft, dont really trust them:P. As far as Anti Virus I use Avira.
 
Lolz. I think I'll try Avira on one computer and MSE on another. Any other opinions? (I'm not waiting for you guys to say yes, I just want another opinion :) )
 
MSE is rock solid and very low on system resources. It's on par with NOD32 and Kaspersky which is what I would expect from a Microsoft product. It's certainly better then any of the free ones out there. Sometimes Microsoft can be slow to the party i.e. they should have released an AV years ago not just Windows Defender but when they do show it it's with a bang. But don't just take my word for it check out AV-Comparatives and the other major computer sites like CNET or PC World.
 
It works perfectly. I've been using it since the Beta was released and it's on it's second "version" and it's excellent.

As stated above, it's low on system resources and you hardly know it's there until you stumble on a bad website or such.

Here is a link, but I'm not sure about the site, as I got mine straight from Microsoft.

It can't be illegal because the software is and will be free anyway, I just worry about the file being tainted.

As for a release date, it was rumored to be released at the same time as Windows 7.
 
Im using it atm...been using it for about a month and its ben quite good,picked up as few nastys.

Doesnt use much system resources either so im happy.
 
Thanks everyone, I think I'll go with MSE and dump CA, because it's let 2 viruses to infect my computer already, causing me to reformat... 2 times. And I guess I'll check out Avira, too. Tell you my results after MSE comes out. I'm going to test both anti-viruses for 2 months. You think that'll be enough? :)
 
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