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It's hard to believe, but Windows 7 is just turning one year old. And what an impressive first year the operating system enjoyed, receiving almost universal praise from critics and users alike. Of course, even the most nimble, secure, and versatile OS has room for improvement. That's why we're...

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Last month, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be free to use for organizations with up to ten (10) PCs, with the change being effect early in October. As announced in the Windows Security Blog, the change is effective today, October 7, 2010. Most small...

Source; Neowin.net - Microsoft Security Essentials gets certified

I have used MSE as my anti-virus the past few months and have encountered several infections one of which took complete control of the cpu until I could track it down and terminate the process. Turns out it was the process wmiprvse.exe which ran as a service. I see that others have also...

Microsoft has released a new Link Removed of its free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti-malware package for Windows XP, Vista and 7. The update is available through MSE itself or via Windows Update.

Get the new Essentials Beta now! Windows 7 just got even better with new tools to organize and share photos, make movies, and keep in touch with people that matter most. Meet the new Essentials Windows 7 and Windows Live Essentials Windows 7 just got even better with the best tools to...

According to the Windows Live team blog @ Inside Windows Live The Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 software suite will go public tomorrow! Live Essentials is several free cloud oriented programs offered by Microsoft. These include: Messenger Live Photo Gallery Live Movie Maker Live Mail Live...

Hi. I have tried to Install Microsoft Security Essentials but I get the error 0x80070643. I unistalled Avira first, then rebooted before trying. Please help !

I'm running the startup version of Windows 7 on a new Toshiba NB205. Installed Essentials Mail and Photo Gallery and Mail works fine. Whenever I start up Photo Gallery withing 10 seconds or so it crashes after loading a number of thumbnails. I have repaired, uninstalled and reinstalled Photo...

I've upgrade windows vista to 7, and now my battlefield 2142 game has sometimes lag and sometimes not. Mayby this is caused by microsoft security essenttials, that would be strange but the reason that I think that is because I used norman before. But I don't no mutch about computers so...

One of the best ways to improve the performance of your Windows operating system is to disable the core services you do not need. Rather than list them all here, a guy has been doing it for years, with great results. This is a perfect solution for people running Netbooks or older computers and...

Does anybody have a direct link to download this? I tried searching the net and could not find one. Anyone have better luck? A link for the x86 and x64 bit would be great!

I am trying to load some items i.e. Photo Gallery est. the installer starts and when it gets to 67% it hangs, any ideas how to resolve this problem.

Has anybody downloaded this yet? If so what do you think? Does if preform well or what you have now is better than what MS is offering.

"Dear Beta User, Thank you for participating in the Microsoft® Security Essentials Beta. Your participation has been instrumental to ensuring the best possible product release quality. The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks. If...

I just got an update to the public beta, bringing me to... Microsoft Security Essentials Version: 1.0.1500.0 Antimalware Client Version: 2.0.6212.0 Engine Version: 1.1.4903.0 Antivirus definitions: 1.63.1637.0 Antispyware definitions: 1.63.1637.0 Is this the stable release?

A large amount of you folks on here seem to have a supernatural ability to know that the rest of the population can only speculate about. Do any of you well connected folks like drew or reghackr or anyone have an idea of when Microsoft Security Essentials is intended to be made available i've...

So i was scanning my C: Drive which has Vista Home Premium on using Microsoft Security Essentials and came across this: Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.gen!A- Servere. Category: Exploit Description: This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run. Recommendation: Remove...

Microsoft has halted downloads of its free Microsoft Security Essentials beta software. The software was first made available on Tuesday, June23. The company reached its cap of 75,000 downloads in less than 24 hours. The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials is expectedto be...