![]() You can create a system restore point prior cleaning your computer and give permission to all other users on your PC to view items in the History tab. You can also choose if you want to scan removable drivers, which isn't enabled by default, but I highly recommend it. Useful, if you want to perform faster full scan of your computer.Īdvanced - Advanced tab gives you the option to scan archive files like. ![]() You can select if you want to monitor file and program activity on your computer and if you want to scan all downloaded files and attachments.Įxcluded files & locations, Excluded file types and Excluded processes - Here you can choose which files, locations, file types or processes would you like to remove from scanning. Real-time protection - Real-time protection alerts you when viruses, spyware, or other potentially unwanted software attempts to install itself or run on your computer. Scheduled scan - Here you can select/deselect a scheduled scan of your computer, configure time and type of the scan with two additional options ( Check for the latest virus & spyware definitions before running a scheduled scan and Start the scheduled scan only when my computer is on but not in use, although MSE is running in low priority so you shouldn't notice any performance downgrades during the scan.ĭefault Actions - Here you can choose how will MSE react in various situations/alert levels. If you still wan't to configure MSE other than default, here's what you can change/configure: Settings tab has all other options that you might need to configure Microsoft Security Essentials, although once you install it, you don't have to touch it, as it will do the job properly. History tab will shows you All of the detected items, Quarantined items or Allowed items, depends on your selection. UPDATE!, although MSE should be updated automatically. Update tab is has only once button to click, guess which. As for the custom scan, you have an option to choose the drive or destination which you want to scan. I won't run the full system scan as it would probably take longer to complete as this process scans all of your disks/partitions/files. Scan completed on 87948 items in less than 2 minutes, pretty impressive if you ask me. The Quick scan was very quick on my system. First, although quick scan already ran on the initial application startup, I tried to performed a quick scan again to see the speed of it. To perform a System Scan, you can choose one of the three options, Quick, Full, or Custom (familiar?). Once installation completes and you run the MSE for the first time, MSE will update virus definitions and will make initial quick scan of your PC. Once your copy of Windows is validated you may proceed with installation of Microsoft Security Essentials. Process of validation is very fast and it's finished in a second. For those of you who are not using genuine versions of Window, installation will fail. ![]() On the second screen you're prompted to validate your copy of Windows. Once you download MSE from this LINK and run installer, a windows pops out with useful information on what MSE really is. ![]() I said "latest", because it is only available for: Remember that during the installation MSE will deactivate Windows Defender.Microsoft released final version (RTW) of "Security Essentials," which is an Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for "latest" Windows operating systems. ![]() In most of the cases, it is not necessary to modify them but if we had the need to do so, we will be able to do it in this tab and set the alert level that you want for your computer, make default actions, etc.Īs in any other antivirus, before installing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) it is important to uninstall any other antivirus program that you have in your computer. The fourth tab (Settings) shows the configuration options that we have for our antivirus. The third Tab (History) shows all the work that the antivirus has done in your system. For example, if you are going to make an analysis, it is interesting that you get sure that the program is updated. The second tab (Update) has the option to force the updates. The first tab (Main Screen) has the general information of the app. The program is very simple, but of the most complete for your security. It is a very small program that will work on the background of your computer without bothering you while you are working and without consuming a lot of the resources. MSE, besides being free, it is a complete antivirus that offers us protection in real time and frequently updates. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has launched the versions for Windows Vista and 7. ![]()
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