Microsoft Security Essentials Beta - Free Antivirus from Microsoft

**Strider** · 25-06-2009, 11:27 AM

What is Microsoft Security Essentials

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You're too busy to spend a lot of time worrying about protecting your PC. With Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, you get high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. And best of all, there are no costs or annoying subscriptions to keep track of.

Security Essentials is easy to install and easy to use. Updates and upgrades are automatic, so there's no need to worry about having the latest protection. It's easy to tell if you're protected – when the Security Essentials icon is green, your status is good. It's as simple as that.
When you're busy using your PC, you don't want to be bothered by needless alerts. Security Essentials runs quietly in the background, only alerting you if there's something you need to do. And it doesn't use a lot of system resources, so it won't get in the way of your work or fun.
This beta is available only to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People's Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only).Please visit the more information page to learn more about system requirements, our End User License Agreement and other important information.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

It's all over the news and looks like offers very good protection with an impressive memory footprint. Anybody got the beta version? The beta signup was over in a matter of hours (total 75k accounts).

**MEtal247** · 25-06-2009, 11:58 AM

great news.. Btw when will this be available for india ? is anyone over here using it ??

mostwanted · 25-06-2009, 03:07 PM

Yesterday Microsoft pulled off the free download link and now you are can longer download it.

**bakuryu** · 26-06-2009, 12:17 AM

Windows Live OneCare was a good product, thought the scanning time was still a bit on the lower side. This looks like a modified/better Live OneCare.

**Strider** · 26-06-2009, 11:55 AM

I got it from a file sharing site. Will install it and post a few screenshots soon.

**bakuryu** · 27-06-2009, 09:36 PM

Softpedia seems to be mirroring the files : Microsoft Security Essentials Download - Softpedia

So all those who want to get a copy, can download form there.

25-06-2009, 11:58 AM	#2
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25-06-2009, 03:07 PM	#3
mostwanted Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Age: 19 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0 OS:	Re: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta - Free Antivirus from Microsoft Yesterday Microsoft pulled off the free download link and now you are can longer download it.

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Strider Founder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Last City Zion! Posts: 3,539 Thanks: 287 Thanked 345 Times in 298 Posts Rep Power: 62 OS:	Re: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta - Free Antivirus from Microsoft I got it from a file sharing site. Will install it and post a few screenshots soon. __________________ Want to ask a question? Try This! A guide on how to post a question, reply to a post etc.

27-06-2009, 09:36 PM	#6
bakuryu ƒ(ψ)=Θº×φ Join Date: May 2006 Location: India Age: 23 Posts: 6,621 Thanks: 19 Thanked 645 Times in 603 Posts Rep Power: 87 OS:	Re: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta - Free Antivirus from Microsoft Softpedia seems to be mirroring the files : Microsoft Security Essentials Download - Softpedia So all those who want to get a copy, can download form there.

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