![]() And McAfee has difficulty remaining profitable largely because they have a poor product, in my opinion. Originally posted by Karl:Actually what he said was "it's the only one in existence that's free and doesn't eat up insane amounts of system resources" which is far from accurate. On a consumer level they said they couldn't really compete, because Microsoft had money to throw at their AV product and didnt need to charge consumers (McAfee has to charge to stay profitable). McAfee claimed they were better because they had quicker response times to new threats and enterprise support for customers effected by viruses. I spoke with programmers I believe from McAfee (was 2-3 years ago), and Security Essentials they said was their toughest competitor. Apple ran the "You can't get a virus on a Mac" campaign and pointing out you had to shell out more money for Windows to buy anti-virus software. Microsoft used to have major issues with viruses. Anyone that doesn't visit questionable sites regularly should have no issue using it alone. Yeah it doesn't do a lot of enterprise features, such as scan various email clients for attachments or block harmful sites, but for basic consumers it is great. I think you missed his point, it is free and isn't bloated. Originally posted by Karl:MS Security Essentials is hardly the best free one. ![]() ![]() Any browser that isn't on an iOS/console-style walled garden setup (both iOS and consoles are damn near immune to viruses due to said walled garden setup, since getting a virus on one of those requires you to download a virus from the app store/online shop, which has almost a 0% chance of happening) or using adblock plus is theoretically at risk of malware from ads, so it's safer to just stick with adless pages like Google Drive and Steam Community when using something without adblock plus or firmware-locked apps. Since getting my entire household to use Adblock Plus no one in my house has gotten a single piece of malware, even with the paper thin defense of Microsoft Security Essentials (which is still #1 for antivirus due to how it's the only one in existence that's free and doesn't eat up insane amounts of system resources). However, any site with even a single ad is potentially unsafe due to ads being close to, if not, the primary method of malware infections. The tablet should be perfectly safe with Google Drive or Steam Community/Store pages, as both lack the absolutely toxic ads littering the rest of the net.
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