Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has released a 4.0 version of its Security Essentials anti-virus software for Windows users. Microsoft ...

After a short three-month beta program, Microsoft is officially releasing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), its free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits ...

Security Essentials 2011 is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as Internet Security 2010. This rogue is installed by malware that impersonates Flash updates or video codecs that are ...

In addition to Windows XP nagging users once a month, the next version of Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft's free antimalware program, will give prominent warnings to users running Windows XP.

If you can’t wait to get your hands on Microsoft’s upcoming free antivirus app, and you missed the limited public beta period, you won’t have to wait any longer. Microsoft has confirmed that its ...

It is sometimes necessary to disable the Microsoft Security Essentials program, even though it may leave the business data on your computer temporarily vulnerable ...

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.

Microsoft Security Essentials is fake. Well, it is and it isn’t. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free antimalware protection program from Microsoft, but a new malware threat identified by security ...

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 for ...

If using a Microsoft product gives you a warm, safe feeling you may consider relying on Microsoft Security Essentials for antivirus protection. The independent labs give it good ratings, for the most ...

The latest test of consumer-side security products by the well-regarded Dennis Technology Labs evaluated seven commercial products along with Microsoft's free antivirus. The commercial products all ...

With the increased frequency and sophistication of modern cyber attacks, it is more important than ever for business owners to educate themselves and their staff about the dramatic effects of a data ...