The just-released beta of Microsoft Security Essentials is a solid, free tool that protects against malware while taking up few system resources and staying out of your way as much as possible. This ...

Today Microsoft released Security Essentials for free. I've been testing the software for the last month, and I'm nearly at a loss how to really review it. Either the software doesn't really work and ...

Microsoft’s latest addition to its fleet of free applications, Security Essentials, is smaller, fast and efficient, but doesn’t offer the wider range of features that security suites do. The ...