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| When Windows 7 launched, atoning for Vista. Now we have Microsoft Security Essentials, one of the latest entries into the field of AV, and it may be another winning product from Microsoft. |
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Essentials scored points with me right off the
bat with its supersonic 10-second install time. Even after downloading the
latest update, we still hadn’t invested more than a minute or so of our
time. And while Vista, Internet Explorer, and other Microsoft software
made it easy at times to rag on Redmond for poor resource management,
there would be none of that with Essentials, which disappeared quietly
into the background. When it came time to test Essentials, we checked our expectations at the door but were nevertheless pleasantly surprised. Essentials sailed through our synthetic spyware and virus testing without so much as flinching and fared equally well at thwarting our attempts to inflict damage with genuine payloads. Microsoft did leave plenty of room for improvement, however; most notably in the swiftness of the scan engine, or lack thereof. Scanning just 60GB of data took nearly 17 minutes, and that time never improved with subsequent sweeps. That’s more than five times longer than it took Antivirus—the only other freebie AV app in this roundup—to sift through the same files. We’d also like to see Microsoft offer power users more fine-grain control over the settings. The basics are there, like setting up scheduled scans, and you can choose whether or not to enable real-time protection. You can even tell Essentials to skip certain files and locations. But good luck trying to dig any deeper than that. For instance, you’re not able to configure the real-time module to act more aggressively if there’s a virus outbreak going around, like the Conficker scare, nor dial things down if it starts picking up too many false positives. |
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REMOVE THE ANTI VIRUS YOUR USING NOW |
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HOW TO INSTALL VIDEO |
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Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time
protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and
other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and 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. Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times. |
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AFTER YOU INSTALL IT IF YOUR LIKE ME AND DON'T WANT IT TO SCAN AUTOMATICALLY |
| 2. Go to Settings and uncheck (Run a scheduled scan) Scan when you want |
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I JUST DON'T LIKE MY COMPUTER SLOWING DOWN WHEN I'M TRYING TO USE IT |
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I'd rather have it scan when I tell it to |
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Just click open on the next screen to watch video |
| During the video Microsoft tell you to click "RUN" If you attend my classes you know I'd rather see you save it first then install it. |
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