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#42155 29-Sep-2009 18:14

Anyone know what time this is supposed to be available?

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#259489 29-Sep-2009 20:16

Sometime tomorrow probably, it's only just ticked over to Tuesday in the US/Pacific timezone now.

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#259584 30-Sep-2009 02:45

so whats this about not being available outside the us or china .

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#259588 30-Sep-2009 06:15

Its all online now:

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/

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#259657 30-Sep-2009 11:17

You probably want to continue using Avast or Avira until this proves to have a better detection rate than OneCare imo.

MS OneCare was awful.

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#259668 30-Sep-2009 11:39

Microsoft Essentials is based on the same engine as Microsoft Forefront, which is their enterprise end point security solution. It's much better than MS One Care - they don't share anything in common - and it's been tested by some AV certification labs already.

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#261208 5-Oct-2009 13:51

Ragnor: You probably want to continue using Avast or Avira until this proves to have a better detection rate than OneCare imo.

MS OneCare was awful.

Microsoft Security Essentials engine is actually doing pretty bloody well

Microsoft's Free AV Looks Good in New Test Results
Security Essentials did a good job at blocking malware in new performance tests from AV-Test.org.
http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/1545F1D0B613C0C6CC257645006EC471

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#261237 5-Oct-2009 14:26

That's looking very promising so far, nice.