cinda30 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Systems reportedly "slow to a crawl" in recent days, just as support for XP endsBack when we were counting the days until the demise of Windows XP, there was some back and forth over whether or not Microsoft would continue to support Microsoft Security Essentials, its free antivirus software, for XP. Initial rumors said yes, Redmond said no, it would support it for another year.So, hot on the heels of XP being put out to pasture, users began reporting to the site Hot Hardware that they were experiencing problems with MSE. The main problem is that the PC will "slow to a crawl," as it described one person's experience.Users have also found problems with MsMpEng.exe, the MSE engine, which might come up while booting the PC. MsMpEng.exe already has a track record for consuming huge amounts of system resources, but this seems to be worse.The folks at Hot Hardware suggest disabling MSE through the services.msc app you can run from the command line, but it can also be removed via the app remover feature in the Control Panel.No sooner had the story posted last week that the comment section flooded with complaints of people experiencing the same problems. So why would MSE suddenly go bad? Well for starters, Microsoft always issues an update to MSE on Patch Tuesday to catch new malware, and this past month was no different. So it could just be that MSE has a bad update that needs to be fixed with a patch. So, can people wait until May for a fix?Requests to Microsoft for comment were not returned.So what to do? Well, MSE was never intended as a first line of defense. It was always considered (even by Microsoft) as a good backup to commercial antivirus products like Kaspersky and ESET. So if it's giving you trouble and you have a better solution, you should remove it.There are also free AV products out there that are superior to MSE, like Avira and AVG, which you should consider even if MSE isn't giving you problems.NetworkWorld Edited April 30, 2014 by cinda30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Well, MSE was never intended as a first line of defense. It was always considered (even by Microsoft) as a good backup to commercial antivirus products like Kaspersky and ESET. So if it's giving you trouble and you have a better solution, you should remove it.There are also free AV products out there that are superior to MSE, like Avira and AVG, which you should consider even if MSE isn't giving you problems.exactly. if MSE is giving you trouble, then it's your own damn fault for using it in the first place... so many relatively decent free avs and you had to choose MSE? please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirri Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 MSE or Defender still far..far behind competitor in terms of detection and prevention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizin Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 It was never an effective AV! Avast is one of the best now.http://www.avast.com/en-us/get/ALpTHtF5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) I don't appreciate the way Microsoft treats me as a customer. Just because I choose to stay with XP as my primary operating system does NOT mean I haven't purchased newer machines running Windows Vista, 7, and 8.Now, I don't know if the MSE mess was intentional, but it sure seems likely with all of the other XP-related scams Microsoft has been pulling lately. Edited April 30, 2014 by banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizin Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Certain Companies are paying loads of money to microsoft for continued support of XP, either let it live or shelve it . I m a big fan of XP and recently switched to Windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy W Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Uninstall MSE and install Avast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 For MSFT, it's kill or be killed... Their very survival hangs in the balance... Reminds me of the old saying that goes: "...The business of the world is business and war IS business...Extortion and War may go hand in hand andthe MSFT'S survival instincts will kick in andwe ALL will see it... :blush2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Never liked MSE...Scannig: Slow&Detection: Low :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinda30 Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Certain Companies are paying loads of money to microsoft for continued support of XP,read me siteYou want to live????..You'll pay again!!!!! http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 Edited May 1, 2014 by cinda30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizin Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Certain Companies are paying loads of money to microsoft for continued support of XP,read me Thanks for the article ! I didnt know that, but I heard after the retirement that the British Government or something like that paid a huge figure sum tom MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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