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Review of Microsoft Security Essentials powered by the Slant community.
Microsoft Security Essentials is Microsoft's own foray into the world of virus protection.
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Pros
Pro Performance
MSE doesn't seem too resource intensive
Pro Simple and Silent
Does the job without distracting you.
Pro Less prone to false positives compared to other solutions
Frequent false positives in themselves can reduce security
Pro Ease of Use
Pro Accuracy
Cons
Con Used as non-competitive baseline since 2013
All except one tested antivirus scores above Security Essentials.
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