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Spotlight: Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus application

By // November 4, 2009, 5:58 AM PST // justin_m_james

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  • Main screen

    Microsoft Security Essential’s main page is very uncluttered and easy to understand. It is a snap to start a scan from here and get a quick status update.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Update

    You can easily update Microsoft Security Essentials from the application, or you can rely on its periodic updates that it automatically performs.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Problems listed

    Here, you can get a list of all of the problems that Microsoft Security Essentials has found.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Scheduling

    Changing the schedule for system scans is very easy.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Severity

    Microsoft Security Essentials allows you to configure how it handles threats based on their severity.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Real-time protection

    It also allows you to configure its behavior for the real-time protection.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Advanced settings

    The "Advanced" settings screen has some very useful items in it. I particularly appreciated that it can create a system restore point before performing the scan.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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  • Action Center

    This is the Windows 7 "Action Center" showing that Microsoft Security Essentials is protecting my computer.

    For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Main screen

Microsoft Security Essential’s main page is very uncluttered and easy to understand. It is a snap to start a scan from here and get a quick status update.

For a full review of Microsoft Security Essentials, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

Image created by Justin James for TechRepublic.

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Justin James is an OutSystems MVP, architect, and developer with expertise in SaaS applications and enterprise applications.