Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will continue to receive definition updates for new malware after Windows 7 reaches End of Support, even though a Microsoft support bulletin states otherwise. In ...

Microsoft’s free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today. AV-Test GmbH tested Windows Security Essentials, the free software ...

Goodbye Windows Defender, hello Windows Security Essentials. The new antivirus and antimalware package that Microsoft’s been working on for the past year is ready for its semi-official unveiling today ...

Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, the head of the company’s anti-piracy group said yesterday. Security ...

Once Windows 7 reaches end-of-support (EOS) on January 14, 2020, Microsoft will also stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7. Companies who purchase Windows 7 Extended Security ...

Microsoft will limit the number of downloads for the beta of Windows Security Essentials, its new free antivirus software, when it posts the program later today. Downloads will be capped at 75,000, a ...

A beta of the latest version of Microsoft's antivirus product is now available for any user with a Windows Live account. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Microsoft’s free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, independent testing company AV-Test GmbH said today. Microsoft’s free security ...