One Year of Microsoft Security Essentials

[karlsnooks]

How time flies when your computer is safe.

One Year of Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

 

[johnwillyums]

I'd say "Happy Birthday, Who's a good boy then?"

 

[The Apathetic]

Have been using it since the release, not a single problem.

HBday MSE.

 

[Consequences]

Happy Birthday, MSE. Thank you for keeping me safe. I can't believe it has been a year already. It certainly does, Karl.

 

[Gornot]

I recently switched back to MSE and am still quite satisfied with it, even though I was disappointed to see (upon initial release) the "not supported in your country" page instead of the download page, but I consider it water under the bridge, lol

 

[24c]

Happy B-day MSE, thanks for the protection.

 

[Nigsy]

Why are we celebrating the fact that MS can not develop a secure OS?
That it has to create this massive security patch called MSE?

Don't get me wrong MSE is a giant step forward, and I know MS are not responsible for viruses etc - but it is the vulnerablility of their OS that encourages the market.

 

[Luckystar]

I installed MSE a couple of weeks ago as my Kaspersky had expired and thought i would give it a twirl.

So far, i am really happy as it is a lot lighter than Kaspersky and it is so easy to use.

Though i hav'nt started playing games yet to see how it compares then as Kaspersky use to slow my system down a little during play.

But so far so good.
Thanx M$, keep up the good work with MSE.

Oh and of course, happy birthday!!!

Lucky

 

[jimbo45]

Why are we celebrating the fact that MS can not develop a secure OS?
That it has to create this massive security patch called MSE?

Don't get me wrong MSE is a giant step forward, and I know MS are not responsible for viruses etc - but it is the vulnerablility of their OS that encourages the market.

Hi there
even in old Mainframe days -- any on these Forums remember MVS /370 etc-- they needed security packages although more protection from Internal rather than external users as the Internet as we know it now had barely started and local LAN's were totally in their infancy.

While even the early MVS/370 IBM mainframe OS was by (even todays) PC's standard incredibly robust and secure it still needed extra security packages to guarantee protection -- the main 2 competitors were RACF (an IBM developed package) and ACF2.

IBM mainframe OS's were lucky in the sense that the CPU could operate either in "Normal" state or "Privileged" state depending on a bit being set in a special hardware key called the PSW (Program Status Word).

Unless you were in Privileged state then it was almost impossible to do anything that would wreck the system. You had to get into the Privileged state which require the use of a special instruction known as a Supervisor Call (SVC XX to any old IBM assembly language programmers out there).

The SVC call had all sorts of checks and balances in it to see if the person calling it was authorized to do so etc etc and logs were often taken of these types of calls.

Not 100% foolproof but the old IBM MVS system was as near uncrackable as you could get -- even better today with what remains of the "Big Old Iron".

So we should really be GLAD that MS itself is getting interested in Windows security - particularly as there isn't much help from within the INTEL architecture such as providing Privileged and Standard modes of execution.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Hopalong X]

My MSE and Avast Internet Security are happily married.

The pitter-patter of little Malwarebytes can be heard occasionally.

Mike

 

[CarlTR6]

Why are we celebrating the fact that MS can not develop a secure OS?
That it has to create this massive security patch called MSE?

How can MS develop a totally secure OS for use around the world with an almost infinite number of combination of hardware and software and uses from the home user to the corporate world to government? Just getting an OS to work is a Herculean task. There is no OS out there, even custom ones' that is 100% secure.

Don't get me wrong MSE is a giant step forward, and I know MS are not responsible for viruses etc - but it is the vulnerablility of their OS that encourages the market.

I beg to differ. It is the widespread use of Windows and greed that encourages the market, not vulnerability. 15 years ago, most malware was in the form of destructive pranks. Today, most malware is about controlling your system for nefarious purposes and stealing identity and financial access - greed.

If I were going to steal access to bank accounts, credit cards, etc through a computer program or hacking, I would not waste my time on Apple or other OS's. I would put my efforts into Windows because that is what the overwhelming majority of folks around the world use. It is not because Windows is less secure; it is because of the payoff if I am successful.

 

[Max Peck]

So we should really be GLAD that MS itself is getting interested in Windows security - particularly as there isn't much help from within the INTEL architecture such as providing Privileged and Standard modes of execution.

Jimbo,

I'm curious ... why would you say there "isn't much help" from within the INTEL architecture? If memory serves, there are at-least 3-rings of privilege associated with code running on these processors. I can't imagine that all Windows code is running in Ring 0. Seems to me that O/S security could be as tight as on a 360 if it were written with the processor's built-in security in mind.

Today's PC O/S code is a little more complex than what was running on a 360, I think. Securing such a rich environment is pretty tough.

-Max

 

[Edward 066]

I am very happy with Microsoft Security Essentials + never gave me any problems..... Happy Birthday MSE!

 

[Layback Bear]

Happy Birth Day MSE. MSE is doing a great job for a little one year old baby. To answer why the system wasn't built in the first place 100 % secure. That will never happen because there are thousands of people trying to hack it or break it every day. Even Microsoft doesn't have a crystal ball to look into the future. They are probably working on that crystal ball thing.

 

[Adamd]

It has been on my computer since release and well so far I am very happy with it.

I just love how it uses almost no system resources and is so simple to use. One heck of a great program to use considering it is free!

 

[JMH]

Another article.

Microsoft Security Essentials Celebrates First Birthday with 30 Million Customers!

 

[Woz]

It's been a year already? Time flies!

I agree that MSE is a great security package. Light on resources, not in your face every two minutes, updates automatically and quietly, and free.

It has been the closest I've seen to "set it and forget it" antivirus title. I install it on every PC I fix.

 

[SinRival]

Ah! Happy Birthday! MSE you have been my life saver! My friend! Even My Enemy at times!

I'm loving MSE as I usually have no idea about anti virus software but MSE is amazing to me.

 

[toughbook]

What is amzing too me is that under my History Tab I have never had one item there. It makes me wonder sometimes if it's ever doing anything. How can I never have something trying to attack me? However, on the flip side I have never had a virus or anything happen to my computer since installing it after it 1st came out. I guess I shouldn't be concerned as long as it's doing something.

Thanks MS!

 

[Gornot]

I completely agree. That's because I decided to try out the new Avast 5 and replace MSE for a while, but seeing as how I got the same test results with some infected files/malware infected websites, I jumped back to MSE

Any news on the version 2?, by the way?