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Microsoft is late getting in the game but it is slowly deploying tools to help Windows users combat virus and malware. Microsoft Security Essentials is the next step in rebuilding their sullied image. In the past they have released Windows Antispyware; later renamed Defender. As a standalone download, not many people heard about it and even less used it on their Windows XP machines. As of Vista and beyond, Defender is included in your OS for really Microsoft’s protection. From the complaints I hear in the field, one of the top reason people are switching to the Mac is their lack of viruses.

My own experience has shown that Vista is infinately more secure than XP. It doesn’t simply let the user with admin rights do anything with just a click of a mouse button or otherwise. An unrestructed administrative rights user is like giving a loaded gun to a suicidal person and telling them the world is out to get them. With the built-in Windows Defender and now Morro (MS Security Essenetials), Gates and Co. hope to fight the enemy at the gates that have given Microsoft such a bad reputation.

Go here below and sign in to your ‘Live’ account and get an early beta to see what they have in store for our digital security.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/