Microsoft Security Essentials Download For Free Antivirus Protection

Microsoft Windows users can download Microsoft Security Essentials for free from Microsoft in order to protect their Windows computers from viruses, spyware, malware and similar malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials download is available for Windows users who are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems on their computers.

What is Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials provides antivirus protection for home computer and small business PC users for free.

Where to Get Microsoft Security Essentials Download

Windows users get approtiate Microsoft Security Essentials download for their computers from Microsoft Security Essentials web portal.
Free Microsoft Security Essentials download is available for Windows XP 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit operating system running computers.

After you download Microsoft Security Essentials and complete installation, the executable file msseces.exe is :
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe

Microsoft Security Essentials Screenshots After Installation

The default tab displayed when Microsoft Security Essentials runs is Home tab. The initial screen displays the update status of computer virus and spyware definitions, and displaying if the real-time protection of Microsoft Security Essentials is on or off.

Windows users can also scan their computer on demand for identifying any potential harmfull item. Possible scan options are Quick scan, Full scan and Custom scan.

Experienced Windows users can get the most benefit from Microsoft Security Essentials by customizing the configuration settings in Settings tab.

By using History tab, Windows users can review the potentially harmful items detected by Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus protection tool.
Windows users can also review details of each potentially harmful virus or spyware item. The tools displays the category, description, recommended action and the path of the item container file.

You can take the detected potentially harmful items by listing all items, quarantined items only and allowed items only.
I believe you will get astonished when you see how many spyware, trojans and exploits detected on your computer.

The antivirus protection tool Microsoft Security Essentials updates virus and spyware definitions automatically. Using the Microsoft Security Essentials Update tab, Windows users can also manually update virus and spyware definitions whenever they want. If these definitions are kept up to date, this action will help Microsoft Security Essentials to protect your computer by enabling it to identify malicious or potentially unwanted software on your computer.

If all these computer related security terms are difficult for you to understand like trojans, exploits, and all other security technology terms, you can have a look at the internet security guide to learn all from an easy-to-understand reference.