Why can't MSE be downloaded in the UK?

nottseagull

Go here
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/market.aspx
and you get
"You appear to be in a country or region where Microsoft Security Essentials is not available. Thank you for your interest in Microsoft Security Essentials."
Why does this site recommend it if it isn't available?

z3phyr04

That link does indeed take you to a page that says it is unavailable in your region but the link I'll paste below just allowed me to download MSE fine:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb#dlbutton

kwikbreaks

I suspect that if he clicks your link he will be redirected to the page he posted a link for. IP blocks get reallocated from time to time and it seems his ISP has allocated him an IP from a block MS think is somewhere they will not support.

Quickest first try is to reboot the router/modem which may cause a fresh IP to be issued which is OK.

Failing that try downloading via a proxy. Stacks can be found via google but here's one to try - http://www.daveproxy.co.uk/

gonzo127

the other one might be to try on of the other programs, my personal recommendation at the moment would probably be Avast going on the test and benchmarks results posted in one of the other threads

nottseagull

z3phyr04 wrote: »

That link does indeed take you to a page that says it is unavailable in your region but the link I'll paste below just allowed me to download MSE fine:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb#dlbutton

Where was the download area on that page? I can only find a link to the latest definitions. Why do they have to make this so difficult for the non-technical?

BillScarab

Microsoft aren't it's your ISP who's allocated you an IP address that Micorsoft think is outside the UK. I've never had any trouble downloading MSE.

Try using a proxy as kwikbreaks suggested.

nottseagull

Perhaps I should elaborate. I'm about to connect a new pc to the internet (with a new ISP), so I'm only trying to download this onto a memory card on my phone so I can install it beforehand.

z3phyr04

nottseagull wrote: »

Where was the download area on that page? I can only find a link to the latest definitions. Why do they have to make this so difficult for the non-technical?

The 'Download Now' link at the top took me to the full installation file for MSE. Here is a direct link to that file which can be used to install on a fresh machine (note this is for Windows Vista or 7 only, I believe it is a different setup file for XP):

http://mse.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista-win7.exe

Ximian

This works fine for me: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Money_Grabber13579

Download it from here. It doesn't care what region you're in.

nottseagull

Thank you for your patience. That download link didn't appear for me as I am using Windows Mobile 5 with a 195 Mhz processor.
The pc has XP Professional.