Windows 7 - Microsoft to release free security software soon

Night Hawk · 09-21-2009

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September 21, 2009 7:07 AM PDT
Microsoft to release free security software soon

by Ina Fried

Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free antivirus software soon, according to a note sent to testers late Sunday.
"The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks," Microsoft said in the note.

Microsoft first announced its plans for the product, then code-named Morro, last November, at the same time the company said it was scrapping its paid Windows Live OneCare product.
Public beta testing of Security Essentials started in June, with Microsoft reaching its goal of 75,000 testers just one day after it issued a call for them.

On a personal note, I've been using the product on several machines since June, and I like the way--unlike other antivirus programs--it doesn't make a spectacle of itself, just quietly doing its thing. I often forget it is running on a machine, yet it did save my bacon a couple weeks back when I almost caught Koobface from a friend on Facebook.
Originally posted at Beyond Binary

Microsoft to release free security software soon | Security - CNET News

Lordbob75 · 09-21-2009

W00t.

Btw, your quote is messed up.

~Lordbob

jfar · 09-21-2009

Thanks for the read. Interesting.

Adamd · 09-21-2009

Cool. I am using it now!!!

swarfega · 09-21-2009

Has also been mentioned here.

DeaconFrost · 09-21-2009

MSE is definitely one of the better, if not best, free AV products I've ever used. It's been so good, that I doubt I'm renewing my NOD32 3-pack in January.

Night Hawk · 09-21-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Lordbob75

W00t.

Btw, your quote is messed up.

~Lordbob

It takes practice!

I forgot to put that in upper case. My bad! Cleaned that up!

Quote: Originally Posted by swarfega

Has also been mentioned here.

The title of the thread is different there as well as only mentioning receipt of a notification of the Microsoft Security Essentials without any mention of that being a new antivirus protection there. Just how effective it will be compared to other protections we have to wait to see how that goes there however.

KazeNoKoe23 · 09-21-2009

Good news. Would be using it if I didn't have 8 months left on my NOD32 subscription, but I showed MSE to my roommate who's using Vista x64 and he loves it.

Night Hawk · 09-21-2009

I would keep your subscription for the time being there at least until the reviews are out where you can look over the comparisons. By then any updates will also be available.

ThaiAm · 09-21-2009

MSE is good software but not adequate on it's own. I was so impressed with it after loading it and doing a deep scan that caught a virus missed by Avast that I unloaded Avast and planned to only run MSE. I have been running that way since the first release of the Beta and just got a notification that Avast was now able to display the Windows 7 logo. So I decided to down load and install it. That part went smoothly and much to my surprise Avast found two trojans on my system. I now feel that I must run both Avast and MSE.

So much for blind faith.