Here is the link to the article.

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/305401-microsoft-fails-av-test-certificationCoincidentally, MS is also the only company that doesn't give the German "AV Lab" 'Donations'. They mention Vipre protection app...thats where they lost credibility with me...

I use this Site...BTW...i have had zero issues since i switched to MSE on my VISTA 64 bit INSTALL 2 or so years ago...i now have it on my XP and Win7 rigs as well...

MSE
MalwareBytes
SAS
Win Patrol
and Stinger on demand trojan app...

Works real well for me...

P.S. approx once a month i do a rootkit scan just in case.I don't know why I didn't notice this before.

According to the article, MSE, like other AV suites, was scored in three areas. it got 64 out of 100, 100 out of 100, and 90 out of 100.

For some reason, this was totalled into.... 1.5 out of 6.

64 out of 100
100 out of 100
90 out of 100

The average of these three would in fact give it a 5.08 out of 6, not 1.5. Not sure what's up with that.

I'm also interested in how they would come up with the scores. How is 100/100 an "average" score for usability? How do they rate it, exactly? Of course those types of things- the things that make a test reproducible or reveal it as nothing more than a subjective viewpoint VEILED into an OFFICIAL sounding report- never seem to be shared by these "testing" companies/groups.