Free Microsoft Security Essentials Is Available Today [Update]

Sep 29 2009, 2:43am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft announced that it will offer their new free security software today. Microsoft' new no-cost, core anti-malware service is supposed to help protect you against viruses, spyware and other malicious software.
Microsoft Security Essentials, independently certified by West Coast Labs, is backed by the company’s global security response team and is built on the same award-winning core security technology found in the company’s security solutions for businesses.
Microsoft Security Essentials is designed to run quietly in the background alerting users only when there is an action for them to take. It also limits CPU and memory usage, resulting in less impact on the tasks consumers perform every day such as opening documents or browser windows or loading search results, even on older or less powerful PCs. Microsoft Security Essentials uses real-time protection to help prevent PCs from becoming infected, and it is the first Microsoft security product to make use of the company’s new Dynamic Signature Service, a technology that helps ensure users stay protected by the most current virus definitions available without having to wait for the next scheduled download.

Microsoft Security Essentials will be available for Windows XP SP2 or SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 including Windows XP mode on both x32 and x64 PCs.

The question on everybody's mind now is whether or not Microsoft Security Essentials is enough or if we still need to pay McAfee or Symantec for their security software?
The download of the free Microsoft Security Essentials started.

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Luigi Lugmayr
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