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Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 vs. Kaspersky, Avira, AVG, Symantec, BitDefender on Windows 7 SP1

While Microsoft is busy improving the built-in antivirus capabilities of Windows 8, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 continues to be an excellent choice for customers looking for a free and basic security solution. MSE 2.0 was certified by AV-Test.org in the latest series of benchmarks which involved Windows 7 Serv...

30 September 2011
11:06 GMT

Free Microsoft Security Essentials Is Most Used Antivirus Worldwide

Microsoft Security Essentials is the most popular security solution worldwide according to a report by OPSWAT covering the second quarter of 2011, March 23 to May 15, 2011.Microsoft’s free antivirus offered to users of genuine Windows operating systems including Windows 7 RTM and SP1, has been found to run on ...

11 June 2011
05:00 GMT

New Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Antimalware Engine Released

A new Microsoft Security Essentials Antimalware Engine release is now available to customers leveraging version 2.0 of the free security solution. The software giant announced as early as the past week that it was going to kick up a notch the antimalware technologies under the hood of Microsoft Security Essentials 2...

19 May 2011
10:08 GMT

Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Challenging the No. 1 Most Prevalent Rogue AV Spot

Not only is the real Microsoft Security Essentials quite successful with well over 30 million downloads by the end of 2010, but fake Microsoft Security Essentials is also enjoying its fair share of success, albeit at the expense of unsuspecting users. The rogue security solution was the second most prevalent piece o...

14 May 2011
02:45 GMT

New Microsoft Security Essentials Antimalware Engine Release Planned for Next Week

Microsoft is planning to update version 2.0 of the free security solution offered to Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP customers.Come May 18th, 2011, the Redmond company will introduce an updated antimalware engine release to Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0. The software giant has made it somewhat of a trad...

12 May 2011
10:35 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 vs. BitDefender, Kaspersky, Symantec, AVG, Avira, McAfee

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 delivered a less than stellar performance in the latest round of testing from AV-Test. Despite being one of the products that was certified by the German antivirus testing firm, MSE 2.0 barely did so, with one of the lowest scores among the security products tested. Microsoft Secur...

5 May 2011
08:36 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Antimalware Engine Update Shipped

Users of Microsoft’s free security solution for genuine copies of Windows received an update for the antimalware engine powering the product earlier this week.The antimalware engine refresh is part of the software giant’s normal updating process of Microsoft Security Essentials. According to the Redmond ...

22 April 2011
06:20 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials Site Overhauled

Microsoft has overhauled the website it uses to serve its free security solution to Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista customers.The redesign of the Microsoft Security Essentials websites comes a bit out of the blue, but then again, so did the actual release of the latest version of MSE 2.0. Just head over to t...

4 April 2011
09:16 GMT

Fix Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Failed Installation Error 0x80070643

Users that attempt to deploy Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 might come across an issue where the installation process hands, especially if they have been running the first version of the company’s free security solution for Windows. Essentially, the deployment process would not reach completion and customer...

3 February 2011
10:10 GMT

Free Microsoft Security Essentials Holds Its Own Against Paid AV

Microsoft’s free security solution for Windows manages to hold its own against paid antivirus products. At least this is the conclusion that can be drawn from the recently published AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q4. AV-Test tested a range of paid and free security solutions running on...

27 January 2011
10:00 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Update Released

As previously announced, Microsoft shipped the first update to the free security solutions it’s offering to users running genuine copies of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. After being postponed for just a single day, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 received a new antimalware engine last week. When i...

24 January 2011
09:34 GMT

First Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Update for the Antimalware Engine Soon

Customers running the latest iteration of Microsoft’s free security solution for Windows will get the first update for the antimalware engine powering the product today, January 20th, 2011. Microsoft was initially planning to release a refresh for the Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 on January 19th. However...

20 January 2011
07:50 GMT

Free Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 RTM, Mum’s the Word on the Release

Microsoft continues to be mute on the release of version 2.0 of its free security solution for users with genuine copies of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP even at almost a week after the first v2.0 downloads went live. There are various company employees that blogged about the release of Microsoft Security ...

22 December 2010
09:52 GMT

Download Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 2.0 RTM

Microsoft has wrapped up the next generation of the free security solution it's offering users of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. In this regard, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 is now available for download from the Redmond company. According to the information offered with the downloads, the Build ...

17 December 2010
05:00 GMT

Security Essentials 2011 Is Not Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 or 1.0

Microsoft is currently gearing up to release Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, the successor to version 1.0, which was developed under the Morro codename. But the Redmond company is not looking to rebrand the free security solution that it’s offering for genuine Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, no mat...

16 November 2010
10:44 GMT

New Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 and 2.0 Releases

Whether they’re running Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 or 2.0, users that are currently leveraging the free security solution for genuine Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP will be able to update their current version this week. The software giant had planned to release a refresh to Microsoft Security ...

15 November 2010
11:06 GMT

Download New Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0.522.0 Beta

A new development milestone of Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 has been made available for download, with Microsoft encouraging existing members of the Beta testing program to upgrade to the latest Build. Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0.522.0 Beta continues to be served through Microsoft Connect, which means tha...

12 November 2010
02:45 GMT

Download New Microsoft Security Essentials Release

Although Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 continues to be in development, a new release of MSE is now live and available to customers worldwide. As announced the past week, Microsoft has pushed an update to Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, yesterday, October 18th, 2010. Essentially, Microsoft has updated the anti...

19 October 2010
11:03 GMT

More Free Microsoft Security Essentials – Over 30 Million Installs Already

With version 2.0 of Microsoft Security Essentials in the oven (available in Beta), Microsoft recently celebrated the one year anniversary of version 1.0 of its free security solution for Windows. One year after the advent of MSE, the software giant is making a series of moves designed to bring the antivirus to more ...

4 October 2010
08:51 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials Needs to Fly Solo

Microsoft Security Essentials doesn’t need a “wing man” AV, and it should not act as a wing man to another antivirus product. Microsoft is telling users that its free security solutions offered for customers with genuine Windows platforms needs to fly solo on their computers. Essentially, the Redmo...

10 September 2010
12:45 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Is Not Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 or 2.0

Users need to steer clear of Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. Simply because Microsoft Security Essentials Alert has nothing to do with either Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 or MSE 2.0, which is currently in Beta testing phase. Instead Microsoft Security Essentials Alert is a rogue antivirus. This is of cours...

23 August 2010
12:29 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials vs. Kaspersky, Avast, BitDefender, Avira, Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Panda

Microsoft Security Essentials, a free security offering designed for genuine versions of Windows platforms, has received an accolade from AV-Test recently, after it managed to pass the same range of tests as commercial antivirus products. AV-Test.org evaluated no less than 19 security solutions in the second quarter ...

21 August 2010
07:31 GMT


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