Security Essenitials and Defender

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I bought a computer recently and I didn’t have an antivirus software. I was wondering what I would do about that. Microsoft already had a fantastic utility called Defender, to detect and remove spyware and potentially unwanted software (which ships with Windows 7). Well now they have come up with is a new antivirus software. It is called the Microsoft Security Essentials, previously known as Microsoft One live care.

It is freely downloadable. There is a 32 bit and a 64 bit versions available and they are compatible with the new and shining Windows 7.

The 32 bit is downloadable here and the 64 bit here.

So no need to worry about spending extra just to keep your machine safe. I say it should come free with the OS, coz the OS, after all, is a software and what’s a software if its not safe…