I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product, for it is terrible.

writes:

I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite
unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out
there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I
decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off,
cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be
deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset
uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts,
and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been
unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the
product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows
down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not
renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a
deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do
not buy this product, for it is terrible.

AV software? How quaint.

Try going he

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

and permanently solve your AV issues.

--
Dan Espen

On Dec 28, 12:46*pm, Dan Espen wrote:
writes:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite
unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out
there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I
decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off,
cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be
deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset
uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts,
and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been
unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the
product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows
down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not
renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a
deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do
not buy this product, for it is terrible.

AV software? *How quaint.

Try going he

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

and permanently solve your AV issues.

--
Dan Espen

It only solves the problem to the extent that no one is
focusing on writing viruses for Fedora because the small
number of users makes focusing on other OS's more
productive.

On 12/28/2012 11:30 AM, wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product, for it is terrible.


I've been using windows defender for along time now. Doesn't slow the
computer and updates automatically for free.

responding to http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...re-729588-.htm
DA wrote:
thewoofer wrote:

I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite
unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there.

I have been using NOD32 for the last 7 or 8 years on all Windows computers I have left and cannot voice any complaint whatsoever. In fact, unlike other AV programs, I find it very light on resources which is a very good thing in Windows. As far as un-installing, all AV programs make it hard because a virus would attempt the same thing, and if you wanted to see a really hard-to-uninstall AV software, you should try Norton.

Furthermore, a
renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80.

If I remember it correctly, $80 was the price for 2-year renewal, so it's technically "only" $40 per year (discounted, last time it was $55/year if you renew for 1 year only). And anyhow, everyone charges for renewals these days (I have no direct experience with free AV software though - not sure what their virus signature update policies are).


--

/\_/\
((@v@)) NIGHT
()::) OWL
VV-VV

wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but
quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there.
Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided
to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be
uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only
way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from
the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging
your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't
have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to
remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and
constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license,
I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt
to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this
product, for it is terrible.

You might try using Revo Uninstaller (free) to help in purging your system
of this beast.

As for a replacement AV program, there are many good ones out there. I use
Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) which, in any review, always ranks
in the top 5. My reasoning is that Microsoft should certainly know about the
internals of its own operating system thereby avoiding some of the the
issues you're experiencing.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:34:40 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

As for a replacement AV program, there are many good ones out there. I use
Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) which, in any review, always ranks
in the top 5. My reasoning is that Microsoft should certainly know about the
internals of its own operating system thereby avoiding some of the the
issues you're experiencing.

MSE is great. I don't have to worry about the wife installing some odd
programs. MSE killed a few creatures of the virus world. Best I've
used, evva

"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but
quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there.
Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided
to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be
uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only
way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from
the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging
your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't
have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to
remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and
constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license,
I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt
to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this
product, for it is terrible.

You might try using Revo Uninstaller (free) to help in purging your system
of this beast.

As for a replacement AV program, there are many good ones out there. I use
Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) which, in any review, always
ranks in the top 5. My reasoning is that Microsoft should certainly know
about the internals of its own operating system thereby avoiding some of
the the issues you're experiencing.
I agee for the same reasons. Microsoft Security Essentials and Firewall
have worked for me now for the last few years in spite of several attempted
virus attacks. MSE reports those so you know what happens. It also has
relatively gentle reminders about doing updates and scans.

Tomsic

"HeyBub" wrote

You might try using Revo Uninstaller (free) to help in purging your system
of this beast.

As for a replacement AV program, there are many good ones out there. I use
Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) which, in any review, always
ranks in the top 5. My reasoning is that Microsoft should certainly know
about the internals of its own operating system thereby avoiding some of
the the issues you're experiencing.

As someone who makes a fulltime career in tech support, I agree with both
your choice of Revo to uninstall and MSE as a replacement AV program.

David Kaye wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote

You might try using Revo Uninstaller (free) to help in purging your
system of this beast.

As for a replacement AV program, there are many good ones out there.
I use Microsoft Security Essentials (also free) which, in any
review, always ranks in the top 5. My reasoning is that Microsoft
should certainly know about the internals of its own operating
system thereby avoiding some of the the issues you're experiencing.

As someone who makes a fulltime career in tech support, I agree with
both your choice of Revo to uninstall and MSE as a replacement AV
program.

Usually I don't like to prove a point by an "appeal to authority," but I,
like you, make a living with computers. I own a small software company that
specializes in inventory control. We've got over 600 users - here in the US
and some exotic places (Azerbijan, Sierre Leon, French West Indies, and even
Mexico!).

Most, if not all, use MSE based on our recommendation.

Possibly because it's free.

On Saturday, 29 December 2012 04:30:56 UTC+11, wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product, for it is terrible.

Sure, you found this AV software as unusable. That happens, and it happens with different AV software, for many people, on various systems. Many antivirus software companies do charge for renewal, including, ESET, Avira, Kaspersky, AVG, doesn't end there.

ESET does provide an uninstaller for their security software to remove it, as does, Avira, Avast!, AVG, Symantec, others too. This is not a show stopper these days. By the way the risk in damaging your computer do so ranges is the very, very unlucky side of luck.

It doesn't take up much disc space at all, unless you still have a PC with a 120 Megabyte HD.

When it comes to license renewal time they all show pop-ups for renewal.

This products ranks well at AV-Comparitves.

You do have a valid point, with your experience, that you found the product unsuable. Many other points you make are common with other well known, credible AV solutions.

On Friday, December 28, 2012 11:30:56 AM UTC-6, wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product, for it is terrible.

I'm no expert but at this point (HS cable)...I use a hardware firewall,W7 Firewall,MSE,MalwareBytes pro.

wrote:


ESET does provide an uninstaller for their security software to
remove it, as does, Avira, Avast!, AVG, Symantec, others too. This is
not a show stopper these days. By the way the risk in damaging your
computer do so ranges is the very, very unlucky side of luck.

And the reason is ...

If an AV product were EASY to remove, the potential virus could simply
remove, or disarm, the AV product before installing its own nastiness.

Eset NOD 32 costs $59.95 for a two-year subscription for two computers.
Eset can be disabled, and in fact, has a screen to facilitate it.
Eset comes with an uninstaller. Revo can also uninstall it.
Eset is actually very light as a virus scanner. Has many options to make it yet lighter, but the problem is that there is then less protection.

I can't imagine what version of this program you are writing about: it sounds years old. Eset has made many improvements over the years. I've used it for about 4 years and wouldn't use anything else.

wrote in
:

Eset NOD 32 costs $59.95 for a two-year subscription for two
computers. Eset can be disabled, and in fact, has a screen to
facilitate it. Eset comes with an uninstaller. Revo can also uninstall
it. Eset is actually very light as a virus scanner. Has many options
to make it yet lighter, but the problem is that there is then less
protection.

I can't imagine what version of this program you are writing about: it
sounds years old. Eset has made many improvements over the years. I've
used it for about 4 years and wouldn't use anything else.

You can get several popular brand full version Internet security products
for FREE is you are willing to do rebates.

http://frys.com/rebates

The different brands, and versions within a brand, are cycled weekly on
Fridays. This week it's one of the Kaspersky versions and Bitdefender
Sphere (1yr UNLIMITED number of PCs, Macs, Smartphones or Tablets).

Back on a different cycle I went with Bitdefender TOTAL Security 3PC/2yr.
TOTAL Security is Sphere without Macs, Smartphones or Tablets piece.

With the Bitdefender products you can upgrade to whatever the current
version is for the remainder of your license.

Only ****ing morons pay for AV. You are too stupid to be have any computer.

A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.

On 12/7/2013 12:45 PM, Daring Dufas : Hypocrite TeaBillie on welfare wrote:
A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.

explain???

On 12/7/2013 2:45 PM, Daring Dufas : A Sock Of Killer Loon wrote:
A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.


Killer Loon, living proof that human women should never have sex with
farm animals. ^_^

TDD

On 12/7/2013 3:02 PM, mike wrote:
On 12/7/2013 12:45 PM, Daring Dufas : Hypocrite TeaBillie on welfare wrote:
A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.

explain???

That's Killer Loon one of the operatives of the P.L.L.C.F., Progressive
Liberal Leftist Commiecrat Freaks. He/she/it is a fanboy who has been
using part om my nym. I would expect to find it out on the street in
front of my home shouting obscenities if it actually knew where I lived.
Killer Loon couldn't explain which end of its body its anus is attached
to much less explain a computer system firewall or the operation of one. ^_^

TDD

On 12/7/2013 2:43 PM, Daring Dufas : A Sock Of Killer Loon wrote:
Only ****ing morons pay for AV. You are too stupid to be have any
computer.


Killer Loon, living proof that human women should never have sex with
farm animals. ^_^

TDD

On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:42:31 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 12/7/2013 2:43 PM, Daring Dufas : A Sock Of Killer Loon wrote:
Only ****ing morons pay for AV. You are too stupid to be have any
computer.


Killer Loon, living proof that human women should never have sex with
farm animals. ^_^

Ignore him. Everyone else is.

On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:45:06 -0800 (PST), "Daring Dufas : Hypocrite
TeaBillie on welfare" wrote:

A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.
Properly set up it will do more than ANY software firewall with less
overhead/downside.

On 12/7/2013 8:40 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:45:06 -0800 (PST), "Daring Dufas : Hypocrite
TeaBillie on welfare" wrote:

A hardware Firewall doesn't do jack ****.
Properly set up it will do more than ANY software firewall with less
overhead/downside.


Most consumer wireless routers have stateful packet inspection firewalls
built into them these days. ^_^

TDD

On 12/28/2012 9:30 AM, wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there. Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product, for it is terrible.

What's amazing is that people are actually purchasing any anti-virus
software at all for personal use. AVG, Avast, and Microsoft Security
Essentials are all available at no cost. For malware, there is the free
version of Malwarebytes which is excellent. Especially avoid Norton and
McAfee at all costs.

What I did purchase for some relatives is the paid version of
Malwarebytes because it has a couple of useful features that the free
version lacks, like being able to schedule scans, and real-time
protection--I know that they would never manually run scans. It's $12.99
for a lifetime subscription (when it's on sale). IT does find things
that the anti-virus software misses.

On 12/30/2013 7:32 AM, sms wrote:
On 12/28/2012 9:30 AM, wrote:
I had purchased this software, and I found it to be useable, but quite
unequal to many of the other antivirus programs out there.
Furthermore, a renewal, unlike a new purchase, cost $80. So I decided
to get another antivirus program. Eset does not turn off, cannot be
uninstalled via the control panel, and can not be deleted. The only
way to remove the program is to download the Eset uninstaller from the
Eset website, go through two separate restarts, and risk damaging your
computer. Had the product simply been unsatisfying, I wouldn't have
said anything about it. But since the product is so difficult to
remove, takes up so much disk space, slows down my computer, and
constantly pops up with warnings that I have not renewed my license, I
have decided that these difficulties must be a deliberate attempt to
keep someone from changing to a new program. Do not buy this product,
for it is terrible.

What's amazing is that people are actually purchasing any anti-virus
software at all for personal use. AVG, Avast, and Microsoft Security
Essentials are all available at no cost. For malware, there is the free
version of Malwarebytes which is excellent. Especially avoid Norton and
McAfee at all costs.

What I did purchase for some relatives is the paid version of
Malwarebytes because it has a couple of useful features that the free
version lacks, like being able to schedule scans, and real-time
protection--I know that they would never manually run scans. It's $12.99
for a lifetime subscription (when it's on sale). IT does find things
that the anti-virus software misses.



Can't disagree with the conclusions or recommendations.
But, bitching about how hard it is to remove, when they give you
a utility to do so, is a bit much.
Would you really want protection that could be removed by the thing
it's protecting you against?

Linux systems can't be hacked like windows **** can.

Defender is not a real time protection and will seldom be able to find, let alone fix viruses malware. It is too little ..too late.

If Microsoft would be held liable for the garbage they produced and the millions in lost revenue they would offer product that would be near impossible to corrupt.

Spybod is free and works well


I run Linux . It is faultless and practically impossible to infect.

Nonsense.

Fred Smit explained on 12/30/2013 :
Linux systems can't be hacked like windows **** can.

LOL

On 12/30/2013 6:03 PM, Fred Smit wrote:
Defender is not a real time protection and will seldom be able to find, let alone fix viruses malware. It is too little ..too late.

Windows Defender definitely provides real time protection unless you opt
to turn off real time protection.

Programs like Malwarebytes are needed for other things. When I installed
the paid version of Malwarebytes, which unlike the free version provides
real-time-protection and some other features, I was shocked to see that
one extremely useful piece of Freeware, that I use a lot, was frequently
contacting different servers in the Ukraine. Malwarebytes blocked those
attempts.

If Microsoft would be held liable for the garbage they produced and the millions in lost revenue they would offer product that would be near impossible to corrupt.

Ironically, one reason (of several reasons) Linux is relatively free of
malware is the same reason that so many companies have thrown up their
hands in despair and decided to stop supporting Linux versions of their
applications. Developers need to write versions of each application or
driver or malware for a specific version of a specific distribution. You
can't be certain that everyone running a specific distro is going to
update to the latest version with the latest kernel, even though it
costs no money to do so, because all of us running Linux have been
burned by doing upgrades. G-d loved Linux so much that he made hundreds
of different Linuxes.

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Why-Linux-Will-Never-Suffer-From-Viruses-Like-Windows/

I dual boot Windows and Linux on all of my machines. Several of the
development environments for embedded work run only under Windows.

On 12/30/2013 08:06 PM, Fred Smit wrote:
Nonsense.


You used way too many words :-)

On 12/31/2013 10:09 AM, sms wrote:

[snip]

I dual boot Windows and Linux on all of my machines. Several of the
development environments for embedded work run only under Windows.

I decided I'd rather use a VM (VirtualBox on Linux host). Then I don't
have to give up Linux to do something that needs Windows. It makes it
easy to do a backup of the Windows system.

BTW, You can install a printer in Linux and use it with Windows too.
There's also a way to use a CD writer in Windows.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us

"There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a
moment's notice to reveal the Will of God on every possible subject."
[George Bernard Shaw]

On 12/31/2013 4:20 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 12/31/2013 10:09 AM, sms wrote:

[snip]

I dual boot Windows and Linux on all of my machines. Several of the
development environments for embedded work run only under Windows.

I decided I'd rather use a VM (VirtualBox on Linux host). Then I don't
have to give up Linux to do something that needs Windows. It makes it
easy to do a backup of the Windows system.

How do you keep windows activated?
Seems like any change to the allocated memory size or lan configuration
or virtualbox update breaks XP activation.
I worry about passing some reactivation threshold and getting
blacklisted as a pirate.

Fred Smit wrote:
Defender is not a real time protection and will seldom be able to find,
let alone fix viruses malware. It is too little ..too late.

If Microsoft would be held liable for the garbage they produced and the
millions in lost revenue they would offer product that would be near impossible to corrupt.

Had my share of troubles with nortons or symantec. My laptop would not
boot. Works now after taking off comcast essentials. I loaded Microsoft
security essentials. Time will tell. There is still a remnant of nortons I
can't get rid of.

Greg

On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 11:09:49 AM UTC-5, sms wrote:
On 12/30/2013 6:03 PM, Fred Smit wrote:

Defender is not a real time protection and will seldom be able to find, let alone fix viruses malware. It is too little ..too late.



Windows Defender definitely provides real time protection unless you opt

to turn off real time protection.



Programs like Malwarebytes are needed for other things. When I installed

the paid version of Malwarebytes, which unlike the free version provides

real-time-protection and some other features, I was shocked to see that

one extremely useful piece of Freeware, that I use a lot, was frequently

contacting different servers in the Ukraine. Malwarebytes blocked those

attempts.



If Microsoft would be held liable for the garbage they produced and the millions in lost revenue they would offer product that would be near impossible to corrupt.



Ironically, one reason (of several reasons) Linux is relatively free of

malware is the same reason that so many companies have thrown up their

hands in despair and decided to stop supporting Linux versions of their

applications. Developers need to write versions of each application or

driver or malware for a specific version of a specific distribution. You

can't be certain that everyone running a specific distro is going to

update to the latest version with the latest kernel, even though it

costs no money to do so, because all of us running Linux have been

burned by doing upgrades. G-d loved Linux so much that he made hundreds

of different Linuxes.




Another reason Linux isn't a target is market share. If you're
writing a virus to steal information or screw up the world, it would
seem your primary focus is going to be on the OS that represent the
largest opportunity.

On 12/31/2013 4:20 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 12/31/2013 10:09 AM, sms wrote:

[snip]

I dual boot Windows and Linux on all of my machines. Several of the
development environments for embedded work run only under Windows.

I decided I'd rather use a VM (VirtualBox on Linux host). Then I don't
have to give up Linux to do something that needs Windows. It makes it
easy to do a backup of the Windows system.

Good luck with a Virtual Machine if you're doing anything relatively
complex.

In November I went to an event that Nokia/Microsoft sponsored in an
effort to get developers to write apps for Windows Phone. What a fiasco.
The development environment required Windows 8.1 Professional. But
almost no one had Windows 8.1 Professional installed. So they were
explaining how to install it as as a Virtual Machine using the free
VMWare client.

By the time everyone had the development environment installed and
working the eight hour event was over. Well that's not true, many
attendees never got the development environment working. Part of the
problem was the agonizingly slow network. Most events like this either
explain how to get set up in advance, or provide some USB sticks with
everything you need.

My takeaway from that Saturday was a very nice computer daypack and the
realization that Windows Phone is truly doomed because Microsoft has no
idea what they're doing when it comes to creating a usable development
environment.

There were all sorts of little gotchas in getting apps to run under
Windows 8.1 in a virtual machine, mostly related to hyperviser and
Visual Studio. Microsoft has a page that explains how to do it
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj945426.aspx but
there's critical stuff missing.

On 1/1/2014 7:52 AM, wrote:

Another reason Linux isn't a target is market share. If you're
writing a virus to steal information or screw up the world, it would
seem your primary focus is going to be on the OS that represent the
largest opportunity.

That's true, but a large part of the reason it's true is that a virus
writer would have to write versions of their malware for hundreds of
different Linux distros and versions of those distros. With Windows you
can do XP, 7, and 8 and cover 99% of users.

On 12/31/2013 10:09 AM, sms wrote:
On 12/30/2013 6:03 PM, Fred Smit wrote:
Defender is not a real time protection and will seldom be able to
find, let alone fix viruses malware. It is too little ..too late.

Windows Defender definitely provides real time protection unless you opt
to turn off real time protection.

Programs like Malwarebytes are needed for other things. When I installed
the paid version of Malwarebytes, which unlike the free version provides
real-time-protection and some other features, I was shocked to see that
one extremely useful piece of Freeware, that I use a lot, was frequently
contacting different servers in the Ukraine. Malwarebytes blocked those
attempts.

If Microsoft would be held liable for the garbage they produced and
the millions in lost revenue they would offer product that would be
near impossible to corrupt.

Ironically, one reason (of several reasons) Linux is relatively free of
malware is the same reason that so many companies have thrown up their
hands in despair and decided to stop supporting Linux versions of their
applications. Developers need to write versions of each application or
driver or malware for a specific version of a specific distribution. You
can't be certain that everyone running a specific distro is going to
update to the latest version with the latest kernel, even though it
costs no money to do so, because all of us running Linux have been
burned by doing upgrades. G-d loved Linux so much that he made hundreds
of different Linuxes.

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Why-Linux-Will-Never-Suffer-From-Viruses-Like-Windows/


I dual boot Windows and Linux on all of my machines. Several of the
development environments for embedded work run only under Windows.

I like PC-BSD which is based on Free BSD but easier to install. ^_^

http://www.pcbsd.org/

TDD