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Microsoft Security Essentials XP
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. The product replaces Windows Defender for malware prot ...
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- Nov 04, 2009
- For version:
- 1.0.1611.0
It's Microsoft and slow 
- Interface: 3
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 3
- Overall:
Coming from Microsoft I wasn't surprised to find that this program slows my PC to a crawl..I couldn't get it off my system fast enough
Review by: desertjon (7)
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- Oct 31, 2009
- For version:
- 1.0.1611.0
Microsoft slow essentials
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Having read a good review, of Microsoft Security Essentials in a computer mag., I thought I would add this extra layer of security to my PC. Downloading and installation of MSE presented no issues. Once installed successfully, there were no conflicts with other programs. However, it became instantly apparent that it slowed my PC down, quite considerably, in terms of opening/closing programs and general overall functioning. On the first occasion of 'Shutting Down' and 'Rebooting' my PC, MSE failed to load at 'StartUp', which didn't exactly impress! I assess software very quickly and in view of system slowness and failure to load on 'StartUp', this software was uninstalled as quickly as it was installed on my PC. I, personally, believe that while there is nothing essentially "wrong" with MSE, there is a real good range of 'Freebies' 'out there' to provide good layers of protection, as suitable alternatives.
Review by: Dragon10 (40)
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