virgin media security
 

sorry if this subject been asked before but i cant find it anywhere!
As virgin media got rid of the free internet security ?

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cheers mate !

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it aint very good mate better going for microsoft security one

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all i know is virgin supplied you with free internet protection but it looks like to me they have stopped that after a year with f- secure !

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microsoft Security Essitials is free just google it i use it it updated all the time

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As someone who had to do tech support for Virgin Media Security, I can honestly say that it is absolutely terrible and wouldn't recommend it at all. The Microsoft Security Essentials package is a good, free and basic Anti-virus package though. Others will have preferences for other free ones as well, but VMS is just terrible.

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yup, another marketing gimick to make it look like they are giving their customers free stuff. I can remember when it first came out, the number of problems and conflicts it caused was unbelievable. Don't use it. I have been using Microsoft's for years and it works brilliantly.

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They arent using their own at the moment (which has already been mentioned above) they are giving away F-Secure, which from past experience, is actually quite good

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So VMS has actually been retired in favour of giving away a standalone product? I did not know this.

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Wasn't VMS just branded AVG anyway?

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From what I recall, the internal engine changed once or twice. At one point I believe it was BitDefender.

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I do believe at one point a couple of years ago that F-Secure was rated (in a proper technical review) the No 1 anti virus software. I used to have the paper as a pdf somewhere.

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VM security, bundled together by Radial Point over the last 4 or 5 years had used the following as part of their AV package, obviously not at the same time.

Kaspersky
Bitdefender
Trend Micro, this one being the last iteration.

All the above in their own right were decent Anti Virus solutions, but sadly were not packaged in an efficient way.

I think moving away from a supported solution, and giving customers the chance to pick what appears to be a popular security program is a positive move.

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good point dude, at least they have learnt one lesson. Although it may not be the most cost effective in the short term, I think this has proven that if you invest in quality you gain customer confidence and loyalty and you reduce your labour costs in the long run through lack of phone calls to tech support. I only hope that they end up doing the same thing with the shub in 2 years when they roll out docsis 3.1. I hope they see the light and go for a tried and tested branded residential gateway.

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So was Krapersky at one point. So was MSE at one point. So was AVG at one point.

These things change so rapidly as to be near meaningless, though if something consistently stays in the top 3 that's an achievement in itself.

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I was about to say the same thing, these things can change on a weekly basis. That said, F-secure is still one of the better ones according to VB100:

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index

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I'll stick with Eset Smart Security.It's passed every VB test 100% for the past 12 years.

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I used to swear by Nod32, until I got hit by a nasty trojan that it just completely missed.

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TYhat's why I also have Malwarebytes. The 2 complement each other and cause no problems running side by side.