Goodbye Microsoft Security Essentials: Microsoft Now Recommends You Use a Third-Party

Re: Goodbye Microsoft Security Essentials: Microsoft Now Recommends You Use a Third-P

From what I can glean from the article, Microsoft is not recommending that you replace MSE with another AV program but use another in conjunction with it. I use Windows 8 Defender and also scan periodically with MBAM, etc. Maybe I've been lucky but I've yet to encounter anything that MSE or Win 8 Defender didn't detect and block.

The articles mention too that MS used to have a team whose job was to assess the most-common tests used by reviewers and then to make sure MSE scored well on them. Since they no longer do this they probably won't be scoring highly. Other anti-malware providers are competing for your money and know that consumers use test results to evaluate the best program, thus they will continue to strive to do well on the tests.

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This shouldn't be seen as Microsoft leaving customers unprotected... the company is merely focusing on the most serious threats. Baseline does not equal bad... We provide a high-quality, high-performing service to our customers and if they choose not to buy [a 3rd-party antivirus] on Windows 8... we want them protected.

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Source: http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f90/goodbye-microsoft-security-essentials-microsoft-now-recommends-you-use-a-third-party-725849.html

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