![]() Microsoft touts five features of Microsoft Security Essentials: While OneCare offered a Managed Firewall, PC Performance Tuning, Data Backup and Restore, Multi-PC Management, and Printer Sharing, MSE is really closer to Forefront Client Security, Microsoft's antivirus product for the enterprise. Sales of the Windows Live OneCare subscription service as well as Windows Live OneCare for Server on SBS 2008 are scheduled to end at the end of the month. The announcement came as the company surprised everyone by saying it would be phasing out the pay-for Windows Live OneCare in favor of a free security solution. MSE was previously referred to as codename Morro when Microsoft first revealed it in November 2008. Microsoft has always recommended that its users use real-time antimalware protection, but the release by the end of this year will mark the company's first free solution. MSE will be available as standalone 32-bit and 64-bit downloads for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Finally, Microsoft is aiming to release the final product in the fall, though it may adjust that based on feedback. This is a target number, but Microsoft is willing to increase it if necessary.Īfter the first beta, Microsoft will release a second public build, either a Beta Refresh or a Release Candidate, for the summer. A beta of MSE will be available in English and Brazilian Portuguese for public download at /security_essentials on Jfor the first 75,000 users. Microsoft notes that the threat ecosystem has expanded to include rogue security software, auto-run malware, fake or pirated software and content, as well as banking malware, and the company is aiming to help the users who are not well protected. ![]() Currently being tested by Microsoft employees and a select few testers, MSE is Microsoft's latest offering intended to help users fight the threats that plague Windows PCs. Microsoft today officially announced Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), its free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and trojans.
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