Battle Microsoft Security Essentials 2 or AVG Free Edition 2012?

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Which product do you prefer, MSE 2 or AVG free 2012?

 

[Lindows]

Which product do you prefer, MSE 2 or AVG free 2012?

Right now AVG if you have a fast PC, If you have a slow PC use MSE both are equally good....

 

[Hungry Man]

Eh, neither.

I think AVG gets better results but you should consider this:
Windows is a closed source operating system - that means that (in an ideal world) Microsoft is the only company that really knows how to secure it, they and they alone have access to the source code and should be able to know where holes are and mitigate properly.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Eh, neither.

I think AVG gets better results but you should consider this:
Windows is a closed source operating system - that means that (in an ideal world) Microsoft is the only company that really knows how to secure it, they and they alone have access to the source code and should be able to know where holes are and mitigate properly.

So do you recommend me to stick with MSE or switch to AVG Free?

 

[Ink]

Download:
MSE: 8MB
AVG: 150 - 170MB

Ease of Use:
MSE: 4/5
AVG: 3/5

Protection:
MSE: 3/5
AVG: 4/5

Verdict:
AVG Free 2012

Based on personal opinion and does not reflect to malwaretips.com. No other information included to back up verdict.

 

[Hungry Man]

I would go with AVG. I personally think that it'll protect you better to the point where the whole closed-source thing just isn't enough of an excuse for MSE.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

I would go with AVG. I personally think that it'll protect you better to the point where the whole closed-source thing just isn't enough of an excuse for MSE.

Yesterday I tested AVG Free against viruses, detected 16 of 20 malware links, it was very fast & light on a VM with 1GB RAM, so I think I'll go with it

 

[LoftedAphid86]

Based on my own personal experience, I've found that Avast has worked better for me than either of those.
How did you narrow your options down to those two?

 

[Lindows]

Based on my own personal experience, I've found that Avast has worked better for me than either of those.
How did you narrow your options down to those two?

Yeah use avast! It is better than AVG. If you are going for AVG no problem, but consider that there is always a better solution....

 

[illumination]

I just cleaned a few trojans off a friends machine a couple days ago, they were running AVG and Google Chrome.. I replace AVG with MSE and replaced Chrome with IE9 and added WOT... I am not usually a betting man, but if i were, I would bet they are more secure now then they were..

 

[MetalShaun]

I Voted MSE. It's simple, easy to use and you get any extra crap. I set mine to scan incoming files only and untick the check box for scanning downloads to make it a bit lighter.

 

[win7holic]

I personally vote for MSE.
if you have malware knowledge or back up data ,you don't need to worry about viruses.

 

[moonshine]

Based on my opinion, I prefer MSE since it works light and great, Haven't tested AVG Free 2012 so I can't say anything about it yet.

 

[Deleted member 178]

MSE is light and not so bad in detection, i prefer MSE.

 

[Ink]

AVG Free 2012 has more to offer which can be considered both a Pro and Con, if you don't like multiple processes.

Both have decent detections, so my main concern would be boot-up and web browsing performance being affected.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

I can see that many people voted for MSE, and some for AVG free. Puzzled

 

[moonshine]

My recommendation would be that you try both products, The only way to see what's better is to try it yourself.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

My recommendation would be that you try both products, The only way to see what's better is to try it yourself.

I used both and I got puzzled

 

[moonshine]

Tell us your findings with using both software so we can help you with suggestions.

 

[jamescv7]

I prefer MSE since its capable for performance especially in low specification computer/netbooks.