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 ...

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 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 ...

The just-released beta of Microsoft Security Essentials is a solid, free tool that protects against malware while taking up few system resources and staying out of your way as much as possible. This ...