Microsoft this week began offering U.S. customers its free antivirus program via Windows’ built-in update service, a move one major security firm said may be anticompetitive. Last Monday, Microsoft ...

Gregg Keizer has been chatting with Microsoft’s PR bunnies: Microsoft … confirmed that it will launch its free security software suite, which has been in development for almost a year. … “Microsoft ...

Microsoft Security Essentials, which until now was known by its code name Morro, is Microsoft's second stab at a comprehensive antivirus, antimalware product. The new free Microsoft Security ...

Microsoft’s latest addition to its fleet of free applications, Security Essentials, is smaller, fast and efficient, but doesn’t offer the wider range of features that security suites do. The ...

Microsoft has released its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). As the name implies, Microsoft’s new security software removes the bloated bells and whistles found in other ...

A beta of the latest version of Microsoft's antivirus product is now available for any user with a Windows Live account. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

The recent inclusion of Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus software in the company's Microsoft Update service has caused some competitors to warn that this action may be anti-competitive.