Software Test: Panda Cloud Antivirus
Introduction
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) began its career in late 2008, then still known as Morro. The first beta was released in mid-2009 and the stable version was released in the fall, so overall we’re dealing with a young racer. After 2009, a glorious period began, surprisingly, version 1.0 of MSE immediately started at the forefront, putting it in a weight class with big-name rivals like F-Secure, Avast, AVG or BitDefender.
In today’s eyes, it might be a little weird, but Microsoft hasn’t started pouring in new versions at all. The next release of MSE, 2.0, was only released in late 2010. The developers say the heuristic engine has become more efficient, and the web protection that many people lack has also appeared, albeit only for Vista and Windows 7.
Following a version upgrade, Microsoft Security Essentials 2012 was released in April 4.0. It was around this time that the gaps in the shield began to appear, the program was first rated by the AV-TEST Institute and then Dennis Technology Labs handed out a tough verdict. Although the Redmondians have made attempts to refute the shortcomings, once suspicion arises at this level, users can certainly easily distance themselves from the application. Nor was the sense of security enhanced by the fact that MSE was still only updated once a day, while around this time several antiviruses were already synchronizing their database every 4-6 hours.
I think it is beyond debate that the program is not at the peak of his career right now. Nowadays, both the AV-TEST Institute and AV-Comparatives - it will be revealed later why we mention these two names - use MSE as a kind of reference point, the virus cheater is usually one of the weakest solutions in protection tests.
Turning to the point
As a further continuation of the introduction, we explain why this article was born. Well, it is now clear that MSE users may definitely want to look around the antivirus market to find out about the options available. Immediately afterwards, the following question arises: Which application is worth paying more attention to? This brings us to the main topic of the article.
