The graphical one displays the Microsoft Security Essentials logo and the non-graphic one simply blanks the screen like the default windows "Blank" screensaver. Scanning pauses when you return ...

Microsoft’s new free Security Essentials pack for Windows-it works ... with another alternative that doesn’t have Microsoft’s logo affixed to it. Although Microsoft has had a spotty record ...

A recent interview in PC Pro (UK) is raising some eyebrows about Microsoft's goals for Security Essentials, their free antivirus/antimalware program. All this is done in the service of security ...

Meanwhile, check out PC World's review, which concludes: "Microsoft Security Essentials got it exactly right." What pleases me most about MSE is its small footprint: It doesn't noticeably impact ...

Microsoft Security Essentials, the highly anticipated no-cost consumer security offering, will be released to the public tomorrow, September 29,” a company spokeswoman said. Security Essentials ...

Microsoft today released a limited beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus application for users of Windows XP, Vista, or 7. The new app, which will replace https ...

PC World reports that Security Essentials has a tiny footprint and had little impact on system performance, and I can anecdotally confirm that myself. If your PC is not already managed with anti ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it is releasing Microsoft Security Essentials, its free anti-malware product, today (September 29). The cut-down, basic anti-malware solution replaces Microsoft's ...

Microsoft today released the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta on microsoft.com/security_essentials (redirects to Microsoft Connect which requires a Windows ...

The beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free program that fights viruses and spyware, is now available for download. The app, previously code-named Morro, replaces Windows Live ...