Security essentials of MacAfee to

I'm nervous right now running Microsoft Security Essentials and it never found anything.  I know my way around computers and all virus checkers that I used over the years have all found something?  Then perhaps thinking back to MacAfee?

I'd rather than nothing detected means that nothing detected the scanner knows :)

No single analytical tool seems to know everything.

It is prudent to use more than a respectable analysis tool to get the best coverage while being sure not to apply so much real time for membership who suffers from your system performance.

No matter what you use for malware protection, complete with this:

Malwarebytes (MMFA): http://malwarebytes.org/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/
They can be uninstalled later if you wish.

In 1985, there were 11 known computer viruses.  Today, there are over 70,000 and new threats are detected every day.  Always update your virus definitions before running a scan.

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