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 ...

Microsoft on Tuesday released the latest version of its free antivirus software for Genuine versions of Windows 7, Vista and XP. New features, including improved detection capabilities, automatic ...

Microsoft announced that Microsoft Security Essentials, its free antimalware software, will no longer be supported for Windows XP once official support ends on April 8. Microsoft slipped the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 appear in the ...

As expected, Microsoft has started sending out e-mails to testers accepted into the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Ongoing Beta Program. This beta is supposed to have a much bigger number of ...

Microsoft Security Essentials is easy to use, but it lags behind newer products at detecting malware. When we looked at the beta of Microsoft Security Essentials in 2009, we were impressed with its ...

It doesn't cost a fortune to keep your computer safe from spyware, viruses and other malware. Microsoft gives Security Essentials program away free. As you work, it analyzes files you encounter and ...

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), offers Windows users a comprehensive antimalware scanner for users running Windows XP SP2, Vista or the upcoming Windows 7, which is scheduled for release at the ...

We love to rip on Microsoft as much as the next blog, but let's face it: The company has been making all the right moves of late. (Okay, maybe not so much with the hilariously awful Windows 7 House ...

5-Nov: Updated to include more details on conditions that trigger updates as well as statements from Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro. Symantec and McAfee declined to comment on anti trust issues.