The moment your computer goes online it needs protection adware, malware, spyware viruses they’re all just one click away and most often you’ve got no idea that your PC’s been infected until it’s too late.
Well, the good news is there are quality free antivirus programs out there and Microsoft Security Essentials is one of them. MSE is a free antivirus tool and security suite that you could download and use it in Windows 7, XP and Vista.
Microsoft Security Essentials program performs a full system scan to determine and detects the most threats. It also detects whether you have an active firewall and will enable the Windows Firewall if you don’t.
Microsoft also offers real-time antivirus and anti-spyware protection it also features live system monitoring which tracks changes made to your network and registry warning. But, you won’t get security fixes to the operating system but you will get updates to the anti-malware tool.
It still available if you have Windows PC or if you do a brand new installation of Windows 7 you will get Windows defender the anti-spyware tool by default you can then go download Microsoft Security Essentials to be your antivirus.
MSE continues to be updated in the sense that the anti-malware database it uses is in fact still being updated today and is one of the things that will get updated automatically by Windows update on Windows 7.
Microsoft Security Essentials Details: | |
File | Microsoft Security Essentials |
Size | 14 MB |
Latest Version | 3.0.4 |
License | Free |
OS | Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP (32- bit or 64-bit) |
Official Website | www.microsoft.com |
Language Support | English |
Developer | Microsoft |
Category | Microsoft Antivirus Software |