of its next release of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the company's free anti-virus/anti-malware product for Windows. On November 9, Microsoft began pushing out via Windows Update a "beta ...

Windows: We've learned to stop worrying about antivirus software since Microsoft released their great Microsoft Security Essentials suite, but today it gets even better, improving Windows Firewall ...

The open beta for Microsoft's Security Essentials came and went like a thief in the night. Which is too bad, because it's hard to find an article that didn't like the program; every review I've ...

When Microsoft Defender is mentioned, most users think of the antivirus software included in Windows (currently called Windows Security). On the one hand, this is correct, as the antivirus engine ...

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). The MSE 4.0 release is available via the Microsoft Download Center and the MSE Web site. (I learned of its availability from a post on Neowin today.) ...

This was when a new program called Microsoft Security Essentials got added to the operating system. In the years since, that program has evolved and changed to become the Windows Security ...

Microsoft Security Essentials is an excellent freeware antivirus offering from Microsoft. Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use ...

Microsoft Security Essentials, its first foray into Windows client security software, wasn’t released until 2009 and it wasn’t very good. It was widely panned for failing to detect malware as ...

Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 does a decent job protecting a clean PC, but in testing its cleanup of already-infested systems wasn't thorough. You can get better protection for the same price.