Microsoft's new, free antivirus application Microsoft Security Essentials was released in a limited beta this morning, and now that we've got our hands on it, let's take a look at how MSE stacks up.

Windows: Security Essentials Screensaver scans your computer using Microsoft Security Essentials (Microsoft's excellent anti-malware tool) whenever your screensaver activates. The screensaver ...

An anti-malware suite from Microsoft for Windows XP, Vista and 7. Introduced in September 2009, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) replaced Microsoft's antivirus subscription service (see Windows ...

Microsoft Security Essentials is a reflection on that. The software is capable, it keeps users safe and, most importantly, it’s free. Microsoft isn’t trying to make a buck on security.

Microsoft Security Essentials is available for Windows 7, Vista and XP, but it was replaced by Windows Defender in Windows 8. Like its predecessor, Windows Defender also has an option to turn it ...

The system tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials allows easy access to the anti-virus application's user interface in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. If the icon doesn't Chron Logo ...

AV-Test actually uses Microsoft Security Essentials as the baseline in their scoring system; Security Essentials gets a score of 1.0 and all the others are relative to that.

Microsoft’s popular Security Essentials anti-virus software has failed to gain the latest certificate from the AV-TEST institute.In antimalware testing against a range of products, AV-TEST ...

Microsoft Security Essentials, which is free for both individual use and small businesses, is superb. But like all good things, there's a deadly dark side.

Microsoft Security Essentials is now available. Formerly codenamed Morro, this replacement for OneCare is free and sounds like it could be a genuine threat to commercial anti-malware.

The Microsoft Security Essentials interface is clear-cut and cleanly designed. At the top of the window, you’ll see your computer’s protection status–protected, partially protected, or ...

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&#039 ...