Microsoft has launched a trial version of it’s free antivirus named Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) software in US,China,Brazil and Israel.The new antivirus offers protection against protection against viruses, trojans, rootkits and spyware.The introduction of new antivirus marks the inclusion of free security software with Windows.
The software which can be freely downloaded from Microsoft website offers automatic updation for it’s users. How the new product will complete with established players in antivirus industry is to be seen.
Some comments about the new product have already come from some of the top antivirus manufacturers like Symantec,AVG.They point out that the new product will be suitable of general security only.They doubt it’s capability in giving specific purpose protection like firewall protection, web protection, anti-spam and identity safeguards.
75,000 trial versions of MSE, codenamed Morro, will be available initially in the US, Brazil, China and Israel. The software will be released in other countries later this year.
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