The story broke 09/25/2013:
Goodbye MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials)
Well, not exactly…
With a deeply reverential bow to Leo Notenboom, I am removing my earlier post. I am replacing it with a humble mea culpa, and a non-linked, barely legible image of what was here. Consider it my Badge of Shame:
I should not have piled on. I apologize to Microsoft and to Holly Stewart. As a trained librarian, I should have heeded my own advice to anyone who cites unverified info:
Just ’cause it’s on the web doesn’t mean it’s true … Especially if it doesn’t sound right. And this didn’t.
I should have tried harder than I did to track down the original source.
(I truly doubt anyone at Microsoft would have spoken to me as easily as to Mr. Notenboom — but I should have asked Leo!)
In any case, I’ve removed the most egregious remarks.
Nevertheless, I still do like and recommend AVG’s Free version. And I never, ever recommend going with only one layer of protection. (Belt — with suspenders — is most reliable.) I love MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyware. For most people, it’s usually enough to run these programs once every few weeks. Always be careful to install only one active, real-time antivirus scanner. Have the others run only on-demand — or you are likely to slow your computer to the speed of a very heavy brick sitting on your desk.
