Windows 7 Security Solutions That Work and One's That Don't

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This guide is for newcomers to Windows 8 with questions regarding the compatibility of different anti-virus programs and versions that do and do not work on Windows 8. This list will be frequently updated to reflect the most current builds of Windows 8. Please contribute any information on other solutions that you have, or to correct mis-information provided here. If you desire, please submit your experience with any security suite that has not yet been covered.

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  • Full Working Solution - The suite/program works with no obviously problems or error codes, or a Windows 8 certified version is already available.
  • Partially Working Solution - The suite/program experienced some issues (occasional crashing, failure to initialize realtime services, etc).
  • Non-Functional Solution - "It just didn't work"

CURRENT WINDOWS 8 BUILD TESTED - 8400 Release Preview

AVG Anti-Virus Professional 2013 beta[/COLOR]
Green light - This program works as expected and delivers all methods of protection correctly without issue.

Windows Defender (Microsoft Security Essentials is now integrated in Windows 8 Green light - Flawless protection from Microsoft.

More to come.

Mitchell Anthony, Windows8Forums.com
 
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I did install MSE in my Win 8 Dev Preview in Virtual Box. Probably did not need the AV or AM as I am in a VM but wanted to see if it would install, update and work. It did flawlessly.

edit: After further thought it appears the Windows Defender included with Win 8 has both AV and AM properties that may make other AV/AM apps un-necessary. I recently uninstalled MSE because Windows Defender was doing the job appropriately.
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Here it says that you don't need an antivirus. Can I trust this?

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IMHO anyone who advocates running a PC without an AV/AM app should not be allowed to publish those findings anywhere. Yes, I suppose if an expert PC user / Technician ran without an AV on their personal systems, because of their experience they might not get infected, but that's a big IF!

The problem is that many of the persons reading these articles and Forums are not experts by any means. They believe everything they read in these Forums as advice from experts to everyone. This is one of the reasons why so many viruses and malware are propagated from PC to PC.

Thank you for removing this very questionable link.
 
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