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Microsoft Security Essentials – Week One

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Pondus:

--- Quote ---Now that Microsoft Security Essentials is generally available to consumers in 19 countries, we've had a chance to go over the data, and there are some very interesting results. Just in the first week we saw well over 1.5 million downloads of Microsoft Security Essentials, but the price (free to Windows users) is hard to beat!
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http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/10/15/microsoft-security-essentials-week-one.aspx

Hermite15:
OK this is an MS comment (your link)...but the thing is that it's got good reviews everywhere, like here:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/removal-tests

 Only drawback so far is the auto-update issue...thread there is getting longer and longer  ;D
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/mseupdate/thread/87328bc0-0cb6-4e90-ab82-ae5f9b3d7c5c/

Marc57:
And they've just started a new Beta, Which means they're going to keep improving it. I just got this this morning.



"The Microsoft ® Security Essentials Ongoing Beta Brogram needs you!

Interested in joining the fight against viruses, spyware, and other PC health dangers? Help improve Microsoft® Security Essentials, Microsoft’s new antimalware solution for consumers, by becoming an ongoing beta program tester. As part of the Microsoft Security Essentials Ongoing Beta program, you will have the opportunity to explore new builds before the public sees them, submit bugs, and give feedback. Your feedback helps Microsoft to make its software and services the best that they can.

If you are interested, please click on the link below, sign-in with Live ID/password and install the Ongoing Beta build.


CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE Microsoft Security Essentials Ongoing Beta Program


Best Regards,

Microsoft Security Essentials Team"

YoKenny:
I have Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) installed on Windows 7 but the Real-time protection is turned off and have it set to perform a definition update daily at 7:00 AM followed by a Quick scan and I observe about 7:25 AM a small pop up window appear for a short while like avast! definition update then the MSE icon in the taskbar has a clockwise rotating green arrow signifying that a Quick scan it in progress.

Edit: Added Event log info:
Event Log at 7:18:04 AM
--- Code: ---Microsoft Antimalware signature version has been updated.
Current Signature Version: 1.69.97.0
Previous Signature Version: 1.69.47.0
Signature Type: AntiVirus
Update Type: Delta
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Current Engine Version: 1.1.5202.0
Previous Engine Version: 1.1.5202.0
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Event log at 7:20:27 AM
--- Code: ---Microsoft Antimalware scan has finished.
Scan ID: {2F3C7E3A-1CEB-46EC-A474-339207C42F30}
Scan Type: AntiMalware
Scan Parameters: Quick Scan
User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
Scan Time: 0:02:22
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I have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware set to do an update and Quick scan at 6:00 AM

Hermite15:
yeah there's a page here about the new beta testing phase that just started:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-security-essentials-ongoing-beta-begins.ars


--- Quote ---A quick run through the user interface reveals no major changes, meaning Microsoft is simply tweaking and fixing what they already have.
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