Microsoft Security Essentials 2: Free Real-Time Protection For Your Windows PC
This week, Microsoft updated Microsoft Security Essentials, the free security suite for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 in 32 and 64 bit. Microsoft Security Essentials or MSE is the one of the best antivirus utility. Its protection capabilities could match with popular commercial security products available.
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. The suite is running quietly and efficiently in the background and it is always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.
It is highly recommended that you have only 1 antivirus install at time on your Windows machine. So if you already have them. Please check with the vendor support Website to find out way to remove it first.
Watch the installation videos HERE!
Microsoft Security Essentials 2 includes the following new features and enhancements:
- Windows Firewall integration: Microsoft Security Essentials setup now enables you to turn on or off Windows Firewall. (Don’t get confused, it doesn’t includes a separate firewall)
- Network Inspection System: This feature uses Windows Filtering Platform to enhance real-time protection by inspecting network traffic, and to help pro-actively block exploits of known network-based vulnerabilities. (Only available to Windows 7 and Vista users)
- New and improved protection engine: The updated engine that includes a Heuristic Scanning Engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.
- Enhanced protection for web-based threats: Microsoft Security Essentials now integrates itself with Internet Explorer to give protection against web-based threats.
Some notable changes in MSE 2?s settings are as follows:
- Under Scheduled Scan settings tab, you can now limit (control) the CPU usage of MSE 2.0 when scanning. The default value is set to 50%.
- Under Real-time protection settings, you can choose between the monitoring options as follows: Monitor all files, Monitor only incoming files and Monitor only outgoing files. You will also find settings to Enable behavior monitoring and Enable Network Inspection System options.
- Under Excluded Files and Locations settings, you can exclude multiple files and locations. You can do so by adding them and separating each entry using a semicolon. The same can be done for Excluded filetypes and Excluded processes settings.
- Under Advanced settings, you will find settings to remove quarantine files automatically after a certain time period.
- And last but not the least, Microsoft has added the option to completely opt out of joining SpyNet.
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[Via MyTechGuide]
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