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Microsoft Security Essentials 2 released

jayme1
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as the title says microsoft has released security essentials 2, this update adds a heuristic engine and better firewall integration.
full info here
official site http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
full info here
official site http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
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Thanks, good to know. Sticking with avast though. :cool:0
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Wonder when this will be ranked alongside the 2011 versions of each anti virus would love to see if its better than Kasperky and Avast0
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Wonder when this will be ranked alongside the 2011 versions of each anti virus would love to see if its better than Kasperky and Avast
Got a long way to go to beat Kaspersky .
Improvement over last version could challenge Avast .
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Got a long way to go to beat Kaspersky .
Improvement over last version could challenge Avast .
jje
Think it's entirely dependant on which av tests you read....they're not exactly consistent. Still gonna be avira followed by avast as my choices......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0 -
Thanks for that. I checked for Windows Updates about 5pm and it wasn't listed. Just tried again and it still didn't appear so I have done a manual update.0
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I think I must be missing something.
There is no mention on the MS Security Essentials Site about V2 so I tried to upgrade using the Help options within the program and it reported that the lastest version was already installed. This is Version 1.0.2948.0
Puzzled"It's nice to be important but more important to be nice"
John Templeton 1912-20080 -
bubblesbonbon wrote: »I think I must be missing something.
There is no mention on the MS Security Essentials Site about V2 so I tried to upgrade using the Help options within the program and it reported that the lastest version was already installed. This is Version 1.0.2948.0
Puzzled
I imagine that, eventually, it will prompt you upgrade automatically.
If you want it now, go to http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ and click the download button.
It will take you through the upgrade process. It only took a couple of minutes when I did it last night.0 -
bubblesbonbon wrote: »I think I must be missing something.
There is no mention on the MS Security Essentials Site about V2 so I tried to upgrade using the Help options within the program and it reported that the lastest version was already installed. This is Version 1.0.2948.0
Puzzled
Version 2.0.657poppy100 -
Cheers Poppy & Andrew
It seems that the new version was only posted on Thursday so perhaps they will try a phased auto upgrade."It's nice to be important but more important to be nice"
John Templeton 1912-20080
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