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    Microsoft Security Essentials, Alternative

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by scytharian, Aug 10, 2012.

  1. scytharian

    scytharian Notebook Guru

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    I pretty sure my M11x has a key logger on it but MSE is not picking it up, is there any other virus protections out there that would suit the m11x r2?
     
    scytharian, Aug 10, 2012
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    CEUOTC Notebook Evangelist

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    I find Bullguard to be quite effective.

    Regards.

    C.
     
    CEUOTC, Aug 10, 2012
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    evil_mike Notebook Evangelist

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    First thing's first: scan with something like Malwarebytes to see if you're right.
     
    evil_mike, Aug 13, 2012
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    avast! Free Antivirus is the best free antivirus in my experience. It also has auto sandbox built in
     
    AndroidFan, Aug 16, 2012
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    Seconded.
    Any AV (paid or otherwise) can easily allow numerous problems to sneak through into the OS.
    That's why its recommended to have MBAM as an on-demand scanner.
     
    Deks, Aug 17, 2012
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