Microsoft Security Essentials free to download

[Jane]

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Help protect your PC with Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials is a new, free consumer anti-malware solution for your computer. It helps protect against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It's available as a no-cost download for Windows XP SP2 and higher, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
Read about it here and to download click the link below
http://www.microsoft.com/security/products/mse.aspx

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I have used this for several days now and I really like it , It caught 2 dangerous trojans today and warned me about them and I told it to remove them. They were the kind to steal passwords and personal information But it removed them and then went back to its hiding place untill something else jumps at me

[Morris]

I highly recommend it.

It's already gaining a very good rep around the security community.

.. and you can't beat the price!

[Jane]

I like it to Morris and I get the Langa newsetter and read about it on there so I tried it out and I like it

[cooldude53]

You want to hear something wild. Did you know that you can run this and run Avast too. I have been doing that for a couple of month now. It works great with both running...

[Jane]

This is a trojan and worm remover and it runs in the back ground, They do have a virus scanner to but it is still in beta form but you can download and use it to if you like but I will wait and see what comes of it

[Shboom]

Jane I coud be wrong and if I am someone please correct me but I always thought MSE had a running anti-virus program in addition to the maleware programs that came with it and it was advised to turn off any other AV program that may also be running. Seems now they are saying that it doesn't conflict with Avast but again in all my years all I have ever read is to not have two running AV programs on the computer.

Bob

[Morris]

Bob, you're absolutely right, it's definitely NOT a good idea to have more than one anti-virus running together on any one machine. Conflicts almost certainly will occur.

Anti-malware usually will usually run together with other anti-malware with no problems.



Here's Microsoft's own blurb from that link.

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials 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.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

So it does offer protection against viruses, malware, trojans and rootkits. It's certainly far far better than Windows Defender ever was - Defender was (no other way of putting it) pathetic.

[Jane]

Well I am just not ready to give up avast just yet!!! But I will if this one keeps doing a great job, It didnt tell me to remove anything and you all know how dumb I can be sometimes. If I see any danger or conflicts then I will remove one of them, How about you Morris is that all you have running on your machine ??
Some body give us some tips on this stuff

[Jane]

well come to think of it I dont have an icon on my desktop and I can see one in my control panel but I dont see any kb or mbs as to how big it is so I am not even sure it is still in here, I even went to Program Files and cant find it under that either. Avast may have ate my MSE program !!!!!! Maby I will remove it out of the control panel and try one more time and see what happens.
I saw where you said if it is green everthing is ok, and I cant find the thing at all on here

[Morris]

I did try MSE for a little while but went back to Eset Smart Security.

It's a paid package but about the best in the business in my opinion, but don't forget that's just my opinion.

[Jane]

Only way I can find this program is to right mouse click on a folder and then scan wth MSE and it will open up for me. But it is on here and I watched the video on it and it does say remove all virus and malware programs when you install this one Your right Bob you have to read directions
Morris did you remove every thing off your computer when you installed this one

[Cat]

I have been reading, about it for a while now, and it sounds like many think it is a great program. I am not so sure, I would remove what I have to use it though, since what I have does an excellent job. Avast is an excellent anti virus too, and top rated, so I woudnt remove that one either.

[Jane]

I m not going to remove avast either, I may have to remove the MSE program but I will wait and see if any complications arise first and then remove it of anything does come up and set the recover back a couple weeks to

[cooldude53]

About 5 months I was having problems updating Spyware Dr. 2011 so about time I was over on the Computer Fun Forum and I read someone had posted that they were told you could run Avast and MSE at the same time.

I asked if this was true or misprint and I was told it was true. I know we have always been told you should run one Anti-virus program only and I have until now and I have had not one problem running it.

Spyware Dr. 2011 want you to run their Anti-virus with the spyware fuction and I wanted to keep avast so Spyware Dr. went

[Jane]

David you can run SuperAntispyware free and it works with your virus scanners to