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Hello Lady Fitzgerald,
If you're interested in adding a scheduled task to get MSE Virus definition updates this is a good article with screen prints.
How To Fix Microsoft Security Essentials Virus Definitions Updates
I also found this article about tweaking the registry to do this, but I've never done this so I can't confirm if/how it works.
I would use the scheduled task as a first choice, rather the registry tweak...
How To Adjust Micorsoft Security Essentials Auto Update Interval From The Registry
I use Avast free on some of my systems and have not had any problems with it.
MSE is very simple, and Avast is much more complicated.
It's up to you which you prefer, and offers better security for you.
I would not be happy if I found my virus definitions were constantly out of date, and do something to fix it...
Hope this helps,
David