Microsoft Security Essential Overview
Microsoft Security Essential is Microsoft’s first attempt at a standalone security application for home use. It is the name of Microsoft’s latest Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system.
Microsoft Security Essential 1.0.1611.0 is able to give you a good chance to get high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. And best of all, there are no costs or annoying subscriptions to keep track of.
Microsoft Security Essential 1.0.1611.0 includes three types of scan which are quick, full and customizable. They can be scheduled to run at a give time or particular location, and can be modified to work when the computer is not actually in use. Handily, the program automatically updates its database, and is fully integrated with Windows Explorer. It also boasts a system restore point, in case you need to undo any over-enthusiastic cleaning.
Microsoft Security Essential 1.0.1611.0 is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple. Once installed it will automatically update to new versions as they come out, and then regularly download updated signature files as they become available from Microsoft Update.
Main Features
- Easy to install and easy to use
- Comprehensive malware protection
- Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software
- Simple, free download
- Updates and upgrades are automatic
- It runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that user are free to use Windows-based PC the way one want—without interruptions or long computer wait times
Interface Guidance
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When you run the installer for the first time, you are shown the welcome screen, then Click Next. License Agreement will open in a new window, Read it and Click Accept to accept it. And then at a next step it will validate whether your windows is genuine or not. Click on Validate to check, if your Windows is validated, you will be moved to next step, otherwise your installation FAILS. Once the windows is validated, Security Essentials will be now get installed, by a Click on Install. (note:If you have any other antivirus or antispyware programs installed on your computer, then it may conflict with Microsoft Security Essentials which interrupt it from working properly.So its recommend to remove other antivirus programs before continuing with Microsoft Security Essentials Installation Wizard.
Once the installation is complete, check the Scan My Computer checkbox and click Finish. Once the installation is completed, you will be redirected to automatic virus & Spyware definition updates.
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It is so there’s no need to worry about having the latest protection. It’s easy to tell if you’re protected – when the Security Essentials icon is Green, your status is Good. It’s as simple as that!
What We Found
- Microsoft Security Essential is a gentle introduction to the sometimes complicated world of home computer security.
- With Microsoft Security Essential Beta, we got high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software.
- While busy using the PC, there is no need to be bothered by needless alerts. Security Essentials runs quietly in the background, only alerts if there’s something need to do. And it doesn’t use a lot of system resources.
- Microsoft’s long promised free anti-virus tool has finally arrived, and there’s no longer any excuse for not protecting the PC. Microsoft Security Essentials is free, unobtrusive, and it works.
Pros:
- Good virus, malware and spyware protection
- Clutter-free interface
- Lightweight and unobtrusive
- Fast and uses minimal resources
- Microsoft Security Essential does what it says on the tin, raising the bar for all the other anti-malware vendors out there
- Automatic updates
- Several scan types
- Simplest and Easiest to use anti-malware tools around
- Quick, Unobtrusive and Works without slowing your PC down
- It’s Free with no need to register or re-register
Cons:
- Not as many features as some other packages
- Virus writers might be more tempted to target Security Essentials because it’s from Microsoft
- No firewall included
- Too basic for expert users
- One big caveat is the default time for scheduled complete system scans
- Once a week at a time a PC is likely to be off is not good enough, by a long way
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