Microsoft Security Essentials
I’ve installed this on some machines that run Windows 7 and for a free software its not that bad for free. It works both as virus and malware protection. It caught 7/10 malware and trojans that i installed purposley on first install and quarantined it on its automatic first time scan. I think the software itself is user-friendly. Easy to install and bright color alerts for when there are updates ready to install. There are many options to set it to delete file upon being detected or quarantine. Personally i delete it. Make sure you after your scan, to clean out all temp files on your comptuer regulary and empty the trash. Download a free file cleaner utility like CCleaner.
The free MSE download is the basic protection, you can upgrade but for now, using the free one will give you an idea of how it works. Weekly is set but you can change the hour if you don’t want it scanning it the background. You can also lower the CPU usuage during the scan if you do choose an hour where you’ll be online.
I did notice that it is a little bit of a cpu hog if you don’t have enough RAM in your system. Best minimum amount of memory to run is 2gb on a Windows 7 platform. I haven’t tried on WinXP but im thinking that 1gb would be suffice.
I still like AVG 10 but now there is AVG12 out in Beta. The Premium version has more bells and whistles but the free version still tops many free software lists. I stopped using Avast and Avira but those are others that you can try for free.
MSE is available here for download
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