Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy-to-use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It's easy to tell if your PC is secure - when you're green, you're good. It's that simple.

The product replaces Windows Defender for malware protection and adds additional anti-virus, rootkit and Trojan scanning abilities. It offers automatic updates, optional scanning of archive files, support for removable drives, email attachment scanning and more. There are also some advanced options to exclude files by type and location as well as customizable alert actions. Microsoft Security Essentials comes with a evidently clean and easy-to-use interface.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want-without interruptions or long computer wait times.

Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP Features:
1. Comprehensive malware protection
2. Simple, free download*
3. Automatic updates
4. Easy to use

Please Note: this Microsoft Security Essentials donwload is for Windows XP only.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this antivirus software.