Microsoft Security Essentials is an upcoming free antivirus developed by Microsoft which replaces both OneCare and Windows Defender. Microsoft is set to release the Security Essentials application on October 22 which to no surprise coincides with Window 7’s release date.
In the past couple months Microsoft conducted a closed beta with limited invites. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the invite and test it out on my desktop and I have to say Microsoft has got it right this time.
I have tried OneCare and Windows Defender in the past and the detection rate and the overall experience wasn’t so great. Microsoft Security Essential received many positive wraps and rightly so with the simple UI, low memory/CPU usage and much better detection rate.
So keep and eye out for Microsoft Security Essentials next month. If you want to be on the bleeding edge of it, you can still download the beta version from some popular download site around the web like softpedia.