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Microsoft Security Essentials is Microsoft's free anti-virus offering.It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8, which has a built-in AV component.

Microsoft Security Essentials is an antivirus software product, it is free for home and small business (up to 10 PCs) users, as long as you have a genuine copy of Windows you can install Microsoft Security Essentials. It runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8, which has a built-in AV component .

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Would Microsoft Security Essentials be adequate protection?

Is Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) adequate protection for my computer? What is the experience with this product? I found out about a comparison of AV Suites. MSE did VERY well. One that I found interesting was "Raven", who mentioned that AV…
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Does Microsoft Security Essentials replace Windows Defender?

Does Microsoft Security Essentials replace Windows Defender?
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Disable the Security Essentials End-of-Life Warning on Windows XP

Is it possible to disable the "Support for this operating system is ending" warning that the current version of Microsoft Security Essentials displays on Windows XP? Based on a quick couple of searches, this warning appears to have been added in…
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Is there a way to disable MsMpEng.exe from monitoring file access during parallel computing operations?

I am using Windows 7 and have a 4-core Intel CPU, and was recently running a 4-kernel parallel computation written in Wolfram Mathematica that accesses a directory on an external hard drive containing several million files. I noticed the parallel…
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Windows Defender: Disable real-time; keep scheduled and on-demand scanning

I just upgraded to Win 10 (RTM build). I have disabled the built-in AV's (Defender) real-time protection because I do not run it, never did and have never gotten a virus (and I've had a computer for 30 years). I was able to disable real-time scans…
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How do I install Windows Defender/MSE on Server 2012?

On earlier versions of Windows client and server you could install Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus from Microsoft. In Windows 8 client, it is integrated into Windows Defender. However, I see no such option in Windows Server 2012 and…
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Google Chrome detected as PWS:Win32/Zbot by MSE

Microsoft Security Essentials detected Google Chrome as a Password Stealer: PWS:Win32/Zbot Category: Password Stealer Description: This program is dangerous and captures user passwords. Recommended action: Remove this software immediately. Security…
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How to disable/enable Microsoft Security Essentials from the command line?

I would like to know how to disable and enable Microsoft Security Essentials from the command line. This is a common procedure on build machines in order to speed-up the build process.
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Difference between Malicious Software Removal Tool, WinDefender, Security Essentials?

What is the difference between these three products? Malicious Software Removal Tool Windows Defender Microsoft Security Essentials
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How does the performance of Microsoft Security Essentials compare with other Anti-virus products

Are there any solid data (i.e. benchmarks) comparing the performance of Windows Security Essentials with other anti-virus products? In particular, I'm interested in how much overhead it imposes on a system when it's running.
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Microsoft Security Essentials & MsMpEng.exe hogging resources

I've been using MSE for a couple months now, never had a single problem. All of a sudden the process "MsMpEng.exe" will randomly go crazy and hog all my system resources so I can't do anything unless I kill it in the task manager. (I've quit the…
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Disable MsMpSvc from command line

Quite simply I'm looking for a way to disable Microsoft's security essentials service from the command line, you used to be able to run the command (as admin) net stop MsMpSvc but that was somehow rendered useless after an update (err 5:access…
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Windows Defender vs. Security Essentials in Windows 8

What is the difference between Windows Defender on Windows 8 and Microsoft Security Essentials? They practically look alike, so is there a need to install Security Essentials?
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How to get Microsoft Security Essentials to work through a proxy?

It only seems to work for me with a direct connect. And i cant find anywhere to set a proxy. Windows 7 64bit. As for why... we are in development network that is isolated from the organizations production network. So we just wanted a lightweight…
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How to keep Windows 7 from sleeping while scanning the PC

So, I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials lately. And it usually takes a couple hours or more for it to full scan my hard drive. Because of that, I commonly leave it scanning while I go do something else. Problem is: 10 minutes later,…
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