MS Anti virus

tall chapy

Not sure if this has been posted before
Free Microsoft Anti virus
http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS/

mukki

wow, good find, wonder if its any use

cee_jay

Clicked on the above link and got:

Not available in your country or region

You appear to be in a country or region where Microsoft Security Essentials is not available. Thank you for your interest in Microsoft Security Essentials.

Keano

Link worked fine for me but I am happy with the anti-virus I currently have. Some may find it good, thanks OP.

kaizersoze

cAr0l wrote: »

Clicked on the above link and got:

Direct download link.....

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista-win7.exe

Saruman

Good fine, I am reluctant to download it though as Avast is good enough for me and I would be dubious that it is as effective.

Ghost Train

The one or two reviews I heard in the last month or two were very positive

recycler1

mukki wrote: »

wow, good find, wonder if its any use

I downloaded and installed it and found a root-kit (malware). Its never any harm to have more than one anti virus product, but it is best to have only one permanently active.

old boy

Saruman wrote: »

Good fine, I am reluctant to download it though as Avast is good enough for me and I would be dubious that it is as effective.

if it works why fix it

coldfire1x

I am using it and so far it looks grand.

Max Power1

thanks OP!

mukki

thanks OP i will start rolling that out to my customers from tomorrow morning


works great found a hidden infected file with virut on my pc which AVG free does not detect, even though avg normal does.... since feburary :mad:


note.... its only for home users

Irishpimpdude

cAr0l wrote: »

Clicked on the above link and got:

Well obviously there not going to let people from limerick download it :rolleyes:

Only joking, and thanks op

johnnyboy08

Saruman wrote: »

Good fine, I am reluctant to download it though as Avast is good enough for me and I would be dubious that it is as effective.

Saruman, like another poster has said, Security Essentials has been highly rated against other free anti virus and malware solutions. As yer man Will at the recent Windows 7 launch events mentioned, it was tested by 300,000 people in China which has somewhat of a seedy reputation for virus, malware and spyware attacks

Kristopherus

Is this only for Vista and W 7? I tried to download it using XP, but I got an error message.

trooney

Kristopherus wrote: »

Is this only for Vista and W 7? I tried to download it using XP, but I got an error message.

No, its compatible with all three -

http://www.microsoft.com/SECURITY_ESSENTIALS/resources.aspx?mkt=en-gb&s=1#mainNav

TheDriver

does it have an email scanner, such as for outlook?

ryanmatty

The OS your using has to be registered for you to be able to download it

Kristopherus

Downloaded it again tonight. All my software is legit. Comes up with the error 0x80070002 when I try to install it. Anyone got any ideas how I overcome this?

vestanpance

Kristopherus wrote: »

Downloaded it again tonight. All my software is legit. Comes up with the error 0x80070002 when I try to install it. Anyone got any ideas how I overcome this?

This is from microsoft's website, might help you fix it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910336

coldfire1x

^^ You usually get these kinds of error when the program doesnt get downloaded properly.

superfly

try downloading from http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-Download-131683.html