AV-Comparatives Forum

Quoted from "vpiff"

Hi, I'm looking for a compareson or a review for the new free antivirus from microsoft.
Have some one already tested it?

Thank you!

Quoted from "rroberto18"

I'm by no means a MS booster...I'd switch to a Mac in a second if I had the bucks to do so.

But after years of satisfaction, Zone Alarm Security Suite's latest update began to disappoint. So when renewal time started knocking, I decided not to answer. After experimenting with other big name Security apps and not being sold on any of them, I thought I'd give MSSE a try. After all,
(a) it came recommended by Tiny Hacker and a few other sources I've grown to trust.
(b) it's free.
(c) In this case I got more than I paid for, and I mean that in a good way.

The install went without a hitch -- and after the long uninstall process for ZASS. I appreciated that. (Even Revo Uninstaller + ZASS uninstaller left some registry entries behind which CCleaner found and disposed of.)

Updating MSSE definitions, even initially, was a breeze. And after I ran it the first time, it found a trojan embedded in a backup and removed it without crashing System Restore. ZASS had previously totalled SR, or so I thought. MSSE brought it back from the dead.

MSSE works well with Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, AdAware and other free AV cross-checks when used on demand rather than as resident programs. In fact since installing MSSE, none of these other programs have found anything MSSE missed. So far MSSE has found and defanged 4 different intruders successfully, before they did any damage.

Only one small problem. After about 1 boot out of every 4, my Windows security monitor reports "Zone Alarm" isn't protecting my PC (which is actually true but useless). And on all of these occasions it cannot recognize that MSSE.is doing its job.

But I blame that on some trace of ZASS that's still left, hidden somewhere. Even if MSSE stopped working (which it hasn't), why else would the error message even mention Zone Alarm?

So I am very happy with MSSE. However, your results may vary. No AV app works for everyone.

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try This to remove old Zone Alarm

http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-28…897&action=view

and also try this [ ONLY read THE section ON
Powertools lite (Freeware).
after reading all of this

http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=5233