Microsoft has been aggressively rolling out new versions of its software, new services that complement its software, and in some cases completely new products.
We’re not really sure if Microsoft Security Essentials is a new product or an improvement over Microsoft’s One Care security suite that was discontinued not too long ago, but we really don’t care. The bottom line is that it seems to work well, and in a number of instances, significantly increased the speed of a computer that had been using one of the big (bloated) security suites that consumes have grown accustomed to “subscribing to” over the years.
Security Essentials is free for home users with Genuine Microsoft Windows software, and is available for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. We’re not really sure what Microsoft’s motivation was for making this product free, but it seems only logical that a maker of an Operating System should include security software that protects its users from Viruses, Spyware and other “malware” threats without them having to shell out another thirty of forty bucks a year.
This is not the only good, free antivirus software available to consumers, but “essentials” seems to be “content” with its “free status” and avoids the nags that are all too common in other free security products. Surely the “purists” and those who dislike Microsoft or don’t trust them will find fault with this post, but for the average computer user, its the opinion of the Coach’s Advisor that products like Security Essentials that lower the cost of getting up and running with a computer is a positive development – especially if it enables computer users to purchase software that makes a computer more useful, rather than simply shielding its user from the “bad guys”.
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