The program checked for (and found) updates even before the installer had finished. Microsoft Security Essentials actually works well with many other programs, but the installer advises removing your existing antivirus software, if any. We tried Microsoft Security Essentials for 64-bit Windows.
Three stars only because it does not leave my laptop panting for breath.If you're in the market for a capable antivirus, firewall, and Internet security solution for Windows, would you consider one that consistently ranks at or near the top in tests against the big names in antivirus protection? A lightweight app that's frugal with system resources? One that offers timely, automatic updates, an effective firewall that integrates with Windows, and user-friendly operation that's mostly in the background? Suppose we added the fact that it's free and that you might even have it already, and if not, it's a few clicks away? Sounds great! What is it? Microsoft Security Essentials, that's what - one of the best-kept secrets in Windows software. In addition I run Malwarebytes scan every week to double check on these two. This gives me additional protection of sand-boxing, as well as a secondary AV (Comodo AV detection is built in), and there has been no infection in the last 4 years that I am using my Pentium based laptop with Win7. I also have Comodo firewall installed, with Defence+ turned ON. I still use MSE as my primary AV, as I find substantial slowing down of my old laptop with either of the other AVs. My personal suggestion is to use AVG or Avast if you need free protection, and have a fast enough PC/laptop with Core i3 or better. Apparently MS is on a self destructive path, as you can see from the quality of their AV product and the terms they are imposing on potential users of MS office today. Microsoft claims that the AV tests are not realistic, as the tests use sample viruses, which have infected only a very small fraction of the total number of PCs running Windows. It also requires manual updation, as the automatic update never works. MSE today lags behind almost every other AV in virus detection, as mentioned by some of the guys here.
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