Error with Threatfire and MSE

[alexanderclz]

recently i paired threatfire with microsoft security essentials ... everything seems to be well except that when i check the event viewer, it shows 'Microsoft Anti Malware Real-Time Protection feature has encountered an error and failed' ... am just wondering if any1 else has the same issue or just a bug ...

thanks

[Taurus]

MSE and Threatfire both incorporate malware behavior blocking technologies and may not be compatible. I've never tested the two together on the same machine, but it's usually not wise to use two different behavior blockers on the same machine as they may interfere with one another.

It's basically the same reason you should never run two different real-time antivirus programs together on the same machine.

[alexanderclz]

hmmm a further check reveals that it has nothing to do with threatfire ... the prob already started even before i installed threatfire ... no idea what's wrong

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by alexanderclz

hmmm a further check reveals that it has nothing to do with threatfire ... the prob already started even before i installed threatfire ... no idea what's wrong

Probably, the problem is a bad install of MSE. If I was you, I would uninstall
Threatfire and MSE. I would uninstall TF because its old and you can pair
MSE with something better.
Reboot after uninstalling TF, download a new copy of MSE from the Microsoft
website, uninstall MSE and reboot. Afterward install MSE, hopefully your new
install will show no errors.
If you are using XP, maybe better you find a different Antivirus otherwise
MSE should be fine for you.

Bo

[alexanderclz]

Originally Posted by bo.elam

Probably, the problem is a bad install of MSE. If I was you, I would uninstall
Threatfire and MSE. I would uninstall TF because its old and you can pair
MSE with something better.
Reboot after uninstalling TF, download a new copy of MSE from the Microsoft
website, uninstall MSE and reboot. Afterward install MSE, hopefully your new
install will show no errors.
If you are using XP, maybe better you find a different Antivirus otherwise
MSE should be fine for you.

Bo

that's what i thought at 1st ... did exactly what you said but the problem is still there ... but the real time protection is still working though ... hope it's ntg serious and just a bug ... i'm on windows 7 32 bit

thanks for the advise though

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by alexanderclz

that's what i thought at 1st ... did exactly what you said but the problem is still there ... but the real time protection is still working though ... hope it's ntg serious and just a bug ... i'm on windows 7 32 bit

thanks for the advise though

You can confirm that your real time protection is working by downloading the
Eicar test. MSE will detect the file if its real time protection is actually working.
http://eicar.org/85-0-Download.html

Bo

[J_L]

Threatfire isn't old, but it sure is buggy and resource hogging. Unfortunately, it's the only freeware separate behaviour blocker that we know of.

Personally, I've never seen MSE's behaviour blocking in action anywhere online or offline. It seems severely limited right now.

[alexanderclz]

Originally Posted by bo.elam

You can confirm that your real time protection is working by downloading the
Eicar test. MSE will detect the file if its real time protection is actually working.
http://eicar.org/85-0-Download.html

Bo

alright confirmed ... it's working ... thanks for the help =)

but the question remains ... does threatfire really work? the information on the websites say it's suppose to complement other AV ...

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by alexanderclz

alright confirmed ... it's working ... thanks for the help =)

but the question remains ... does threatfire really work? the information on the websites say it's suppose to complement other AV ...

I am sure TF works but there are better complements to your AV, in my opinion,
than TF. For example, Sandboxie.

Bo

[blues]

Originally Posted by bo.elam

... For example, Sandboxie.

Bo

Go figure!




(I've never used TF because reviews I've read kind of scared me off in the past. On the other hand, Sandboxie is a true standout imho and has proven itself time and time again over the years. Of course it's a different animal and different approach to security than what you get with TF.)