| 29 September |
Microsoft Security Essentials released. |
Microsoft has released a free virus/firewall utility to replace the paid version of Live OneCare which We have used since its release in 2006. It is found at http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials and can be downloaded and quickly installed. It is lighter than Live OneCare which was considerably less resource intensive than my experience with Symantec or AVG. It is favorably reviewed by most of the technical reviewers and has the benefit of being Windows 7 compatible and designed by Microsoft to seamlessly integrate with the Operating System.