I don't disagree with yr logic however many people will avoid M$ due to its well-proven voracity for totally taking over yr system (not a unique characteristic of course but honed to a fine edge over years of practice).
I must say I find Microsoft Security Essentials vastly superior to its predecessors such as Windows Defender, which was definitely a resource hog. I have been using it for some time now and honestly can’t fault it. According to
Wikipedia it is the most popular antivirus software product in North America and the second most popular in the world.
I also predict from MEX that examining the start up details will reveal 50% at least of totally unfathomable content. But you are absolutely correct that it does reveal some famous, unwanted at-all-costs species, adobe helpers/boosters for one.
Agreed. For this reason I usually just hit the ‘Disable All’ button in MSConfig, reboot the PC and then re-enable only essential items. If nothings broken then happy days! (I don’t recommend this for novices though)
I hv also found a (fairly) well-known slowdown often due to (a)the M$ system backup folders becoming enormous and (b) temp.folders having hundreds of zero byte files.
Yes, purging your temp folder would have been the third recommendation on my list.
Thanks for the feedback Charles.