It's worth noting that Microsoft Security Essentials is exclusively compatible with Windows 7 and Vista. Limited compatibility and potential conflicts

Designed for Windows 7 and Windows Vista, this user-friendly antivirus program is a breeze to install, and once up and running, it operates unobtrusively in the background while you focus on your tasks.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free antivirus solution developed by Microsoft, offering real-time fortification for your personal or business computer against malware, spyware, and viruses. Microsoft's real-time free antivirus and spyware protection suite. No matter how careful you are online, it’s unlikely that you can avoid every single misleading link, phishing scheme, malicious popup and hidden malvertisement that comes your way, and an AV suite is much cheaper than losing all your files.Official, antivirus solution from Microsoft for Windows. Whichever program you choose, just be sure you protect your system somehow. However, MSE, which can be downloaded for Windows 7 and Windows Vista here (opens in new tab), did better than each in the malware-protection sector. Every program scored at least a 10 across the board, which earns it an AV-TEST Certification and (at least tentative) recommendation. In fact, even if you have the three lowest-ranking programs, you're probably still protected pretty well. If you have any of these programs, you probably don't need to worry much about your system's security. Credit: Microsoft)Īside from Microsoft, all the other programs tested fell between 16.5 and 14.5: AhnLab V3 Internet Security, Avast Free Antivirus, AVG Internet Security, Avira Antivirus Pro, BullGuard Internet Security, ESET Internet Security, G Data InternetSecurity, K7 Computing Total Security and ThreatTrack VIPRE Internet Security Pro. (Image credit: The home screen of Microsoft Security Essentials.

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