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[kamtec1]

[size="5"][b][u]Leaked: Microsoft Security Essentials (codename Morro)[/u][/b][/size]

A pre-beta version of Microsoft's upcoming antivirus app (and Windows Defender replacement) has been leaked. What has been known as codename Morro will apparently be called Microsoft Security Essentials. Screenshots inside.

Microsoft finally broke its silence about its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) — a k a “Morro” — June 18, after refusing for months to provide any real details on its planned free consumer security replacement to Windows Live OneCare.

Alan Packer, General Manager of Microsoft’s Anti-Malware team chatted with me today about MSE. Based on our conversation, here’s what wannabe MSE testers and customers need to know:

MSE provides antivirus and anti-malware protection for Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (including Beta or Release Candidate) systems. It makes use of the same core engine as the Forefront Client product Microsoft offers to businesses, but it doesn’t provide the management capabilities that the paid Forefront Client — or the former Windows Live OneCare subscription offering do.
Microsoft is making MSE available for public beta testing starting some time on June 23. It will be available in 32- and 64-bit flavors, downloadable from the Microsoft Connect site. The test version is targeted at users in English-speaking countries, plus Brazil, Israel (and some time later this year), China (in simplified Chinese).
The beta will remain open until the final version of the MSE product is released before the end of calendar 2009. (Microsoft officials won’t provide any more specific of a date target than that.) The final product will be a free download available directly from Microsoft.com.
Microsoft will be updating and refreshing the beta code regularly in the coming months by pushing updates over Windows Update and other Web mechanisms. MSE isn’t Microsoft-hosted, but it does include a Dynamic Signature updating service that Microsoft is touting as “cloud-based.”
Microsoft plans to offer PC OEMs and system builders the option to bundle MSE on new PCs, but it isn’t expecting any of the big PC makers to jump, since they currently make money by preloading competing, paid offerings from third-party providers.
Speaking of third-party products, MSE will uninstall Windows Defender if it is present on a user’s PC, as MSE is a “superset” of Defender. Upon setup, MSE also will advise users to uninstall other third-party offerings, as running multiple antivirus/anti-malware offerings degrades PC performance.
MSE is aimed first and foremost at users who either can’t or won’t pay for antivirus/anti-malware software. There will be no registration required, no trials with an expiration date or required renewals. But Microsoft is restricting the MSE download (both the beta and final) to PCs running Genuine Windows (which has been authenticated as non-pirated).
Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, wondered whether the Windows Genuine stipulation might prove problematic.

MSE “looks like an adequate protection product, similar to Defender but for more types of malware. However, from early screenshots, it looks like they’re going to require Windows Genuine validation for use,” Rosoff noted. “That seems to undercut their stated goal with the product: to broaden the base of Windows PCs protected against malware, especially in developing countries.”

For more in-depth coverage (and screen shots galore) of what MSE is and how it works, check out my ZDNet blogging colleague Ed Bott’s gallery and coverage.

[code]http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3120[/code]

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[size="5"][u][b]Microsoft Security Essentials Review (With Screenshots)[/b][/u][/size]



Microsoft Security Essentials is the name of Microsoft’s latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at Microsoft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. We were lucky to gets hands on the pre-beta build version of Security Essentials. I tested it on Windows Vista and was quite impressed with it. Below is the complete review along with some interesting findings.

Note: Click the images below to enlarge.

Installation
Installation was a breeze, here are the step-by-step procedure for installation. When you run the installer for the first time, you are shown the welcome screen, click Next.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallation-thumb.png[/img]
Read the License Agreement and click I accept.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallation2-thumb.png[/img]
Here is the real bummer for those who are using non-genuine versions of Windows. This step will validate whether your Windows is genuine or not. Click Validate to check, if your Windows is validated you will be moved to next step, otherwise installation will fail.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationvalidate-thumb.png[/img]
Now once your Windows has been validated, Security Essentials will now get ready to be installed. Click Install to begin installation.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationready-thumb.png[/img]
Installing…
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstalling-thumb.png[/img]
Once installation is complete, check the Scan My Computer checkbox and click Finish.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationcomplete-thumb.png[/img]


[b]Using Security Essentials[/b]
Once installation is complete, you will be redirected to automatic virus & spyware definition updates.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsupdates-thumb.png[/img]
Now go to Home tab where you will be notified that everything is running smoothly.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialshome-thumb.png[/img]
To perform a System Scan, you can select from any one of the three options, Quick, Full, or Custom. First, I performed a quick scan to see how well it goes. The Quick scan was not so quick as the name suggests, it took several minutes(10 minutes to be exact on my system) to complete.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsquickscan-thumb1.png[/img]
I did not perform a Full Scan since it would have taken more than 20 minutes 2-3 hours easily. So I went straight ahead with Custom Scan. You have to choose the exact drive or destination that you would like to scan and click OK.

Update: For those thinking why I did not perform a full scan, the problem was not about time(although I did perform it later). There was no need to review the Full Scan option, because it is just similar to Quick Scan but instead scanned all locations of hard disk.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialscustomscan.png[/img]
This is how the Home window looks like when a threat is detected.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsthreatdetected-thumb.png[/img]
To remove this threat, click Clean Computer button. It seems like a Trojan was sitting on my computer which NOD32 failed to detect.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsremovetrojan.png[/img]

I have to commend Security Essentials for finding and removing this stupid Trojan.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialscleantrojan.png[/img]
To schedule a scan you can either click Change My Scan Schedule link on the Home window or go straight to Settings.

Below are some additional screenshots of Default action, Real-time protection, and Advanced settings.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsdefaultaction-thumb.png[/img]
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsrealtimeprotection-thumb.png[/img]

In History tab you can see all Detected Items, Quarantined Items, and Allowed Items. To remove all history, click Delete History button.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsadvancedsettings-thumb.png[/img]


[b]Conclusion[/b]
Since I tested the pre-beta build, it is quite difficult to draw the final verdict. But one thing that held out is it’s ease-of-use and small memory footprint. The overall size of the software installer is only 4.8MB and takes around 6.6MB + 36MB(runs two different processes) when running on my system. Which is quite impressive if you look at the fact that it detected and removed a Trojan downloader that NOD32 even failed to detect in the first place.
[code]http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/microsoft-security-essentials-review-with-screenshots/[/code]

and more on :
[code]http://gizmodo.com/5295656/microsoft-security-essentials-antivirus-software-codename-morro-available-on-june-23rd[/code]

And who whont to test it now ... before 23/6 ,,

[code]hxxxxxp://[nofileshares].com/files/246020311/Microsoft_Security_Essentials_1.0.rar[/code]


Good luck ..

[khalidsaada]

hello dear

does it work on windows xp ?




[quote name='kamtec1' date='Jun 21 2009, 10:04 PM' post='844744']
[size="5"][b][u]Leaked: Microsoft Security Essentials (codename Morro)[/u][/b][/size]

A pre-beta version of Microsoft's upcoming antivirus app (and Windows Defender replacement) has been leaked. What has been known as codename Morro will apparently be called Microsoft Security Essentials. Screenshots inside.

Microsoft finally broke its silence about its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) — a k a “Morro” — June 18, after refusing for months to provide any real details on its planned free consumer security replacement to Windows Live OneCare.

Alan Packer, General Manager of Microsoft’s Anti-Malware team chatted with me today about MSE. Based on our conversation, here’s what wannabe MSE testers and customers need to know:

MSE provides antivirus and anti-malware protection for Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (including Beta or Release Candidate) systems. It makes use of the same core engine as the Forefront Client product Microsoft offers to businesses, but it doesn’t provide the management capabilities that the paid Forefront Client — or the former Windows Live OneCare subscription offering do.
Microsoft is making MSE available for public beta testing starting some time on June 23. It will be available in 32- and 64-bit flavors, downloadable from the Microsoft Connect site. The test version is targeted at users in English-speaking countries, plus Brazil, Israel (and some time later this year), China (in simplified Chinese).
The beta will remain open until the final version of the MSE product is released before the end of calendar 2009. (Microsoft officials won’t provide any more specific of a date target than that.) The final product will be a free download available directly from Microsoft.com.
Microsoft will be updating and refreshing the beta code regularly in the coming months by pushing updates over Windows Update and other Web mechanisms. MSE isn’t Microsoft-hosted, but it does include a Dynamic Signature updating service that Microsoft is touting as “cloud-based.”
Microsoft plans to offer PC OEMs and system builders the option to bundle MSE on new PCs, but it isn’t expecting any of the big PC makers to jump, since they currently make money by preloading competing, paid offerings from third-party providers.
Speaking of third-party products, MSE will uninstall Windows Defender if it is present on a user’s PC, as MSE is a “superset” of Defender. Upon setup, MSE also will advise users to uninstall other third-party offerings, as running multiple antivirus/anti-malware offerings degrades PC performance.
MSE is aimed first and foremost at users who either can’t or won’t pay for antivirus/anti-malware software. There will be no registration required, no trials with an expiration date or required renewals. But Microsoft is restricting the MSE download (both the beta and final) to PCs running Genuine Windows (which has been authenticated as non-pirated).
Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, wondered whether the Windows Genuine stipulation might prove problematic.

MSE “looks like an adequate protection product, similar to Defender but for more types of malware. However, from early screenshots, it looks like they’re going to require Windows Genuine validation for use,” Rosoff noted. “That seems to undercut their stated goal with the product: to broaden the base of Windows PCs protected against malware, especially in developing countries.”

For more in-depth coverage (and screen shots galore) of what MSE is and how it works, check out my ZDNet blogging colleague Ed Bott’s gallery and coverage.

[code]http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3120[/code]

------------------------------

[size="5"][u][b]Microsoft Security Essentials Review (With Screenshots)[/b][/u][/size]



Microsoft Security Essentials is the name of Microsoft’s latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at Microsoft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. We were lucky to gets hands on the pre-beta build version of Security Essentials. I tested it on Windows Vista and was quite impressed with it. Below is the complete review along with some interesting findings.

Note: Click the images below to enlarge.

Installation
Installation was a breeze, here are the step-by-step procedure for installation. When you run the installer for the first time, you are shown the welcome screen, click Next.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallation-thumb.png[/img]
Read the License Agreement and click I accept.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallation2-thumb.png[/img]
Here is the real bummer for those who are using non-genuine versions of Windows. This step will validate whether your Windows is genuine or not. Click Validate to check, if your Windows is validated you will be moved to next step, otherwise installation will fail.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationvalidate-thumb.png[/img]
Now once your Windows has been validated, Security Essentials will now get ready to be installed. Click Install to begin installation.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationready-thumb.png[/img]
Installing…
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstalling-thumb.png[/img]
Once installation is complete, check the Scan My Computer checkbox and click Finish.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsinstallationcomplete-thumb.png[/img]


[b]Using Security Essentials[/b]
Once installation is complete, you will be redirected to automatic virus & spyware definition updates.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsupdates-thumb.png[/img]
Now go to Home tab where you will be notified that everything is running smoothly.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialshome-thumb.png[/img]
To perform a System Scan, you can select from any one of the three options, Quick, Full, or Custom. First, I performed a quick scan to see how well it goes. The Quick scan was not so quick as the name suggests, it took several minutes(10 minutes to be exact on my system) to complete.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsquickscan-thumb1.png[/img]
I did not perform a Full Scan since it would have taken more than 20 minutes 2-3 hours easily. So I went straight ahead with Custom Scan. You have to choose the exact drive or destination that you would like to scan and click OK.

Update: For those thinking why I did not perform a full scan, the problem was not about time(although I did perform it later). There was no need to review the Full Scan option, because it is just similar to Quick Scan but instead scanned all locations of hard disk.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialscustomscan.png[/img]
This is how the Home window looks like when a threat is detected.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsthreatdetected-thumb.png[/img]
To remove this threat, click Clean Computer button. It seems like a Trojan was sitting on my computer which NOD32 failed to detect.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsremovetrojan.png[/img]

I have to commend Security Essentials for finding and removing this stupid Trojan.


[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialscleantrojan.png[/img]
To schedule a scan you can either click Change My Scan Schedule link on the Home window or go straight to Settings.

Below are some additional screenshots of Default action, Real-time protection, and Advanced settings.

[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsdefaultaction-thumb.png[/img]
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsrealtimeprotection-thumb.png[/img]

In History tab you can see all Detected Items, Quarantined Items, and Allowed Items. To remove all history, click Delete History button.
[img]http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/microsoftsecurityessentialsadvancedsettings-thumb.png[/img]


[b]Conclusion[/b]
Since I tested the pre-beta build, it is quite difficult to draw the final verdict. But one thing that held out is it’s ease-of-use and small memory footprint. The overall size of the software installer is only 4.8MB and takes around 6.6MB + 36MB(runs two different processes) when running on my system. Which is quite impressive if you look at the fact that it detected and removed a Trojan downloader that NOD32 even failed to detect in the first place.
[code]http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/microsoft-security-essentials-review-with-screenshots/[/code]

and more on :
[code]http://gizmodo.com/5295656/microsoft-security-essentials-antivirus-software-codename-morro-available-on-june-23rd[/code]

And who whont to test it now ... before 23/6 ,,

[code]hxxxxxp://[nofileshares].com/files/246020311/Microsoft_Security_Essentials_1.0.rar[/code]


Good luck ..
[/quote]

[kamtec1]

Hi ..

Yes it works on Windows XP (Home/Professional) .


Good luck.


P.S. After 2 weeks of testing that Anti Virus is 100% ready and More good than ather free Anti viruses ..
That product is very very good ... like when you were in Windows 98 and in the first time sew Windows XP ... ..