A New Version Of Microsoft’s Free Security Essentials


ITBusinessEdge: A New Version Of Microsoft’s Free Security Essentials

Microsoft didn’t bother to announced Security Essentials 2.0, but ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah noticed. The new version adds a network inspection capability to detect threats in incoming network traffic.


“Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 2.0 was quietly released last week with nary a press release or blog entry from the Redmond-based software giant. Free for home users or very small businesses of 10 workstations or less, the release is a testament of the software’s technical capability. News of MSE’s release spread quickly, with a robust list of tech sites quickly reporting its availability.

The beta of MSE 2.0 was first announced in July this year by Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s Windows communications manager, in a blog entry on the official Windows Blog. LeBlanc wrote that the new engine in MSE 2.0 ‘offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.'”

Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing addresses the technology needs of small businesses, which are defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees and/or less than $7 million in annual sales.

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