Microsoft's Free anti-malware debuts next week
PC World | at | by Mike
Artwork: Chip TaylorMicrosoft today said it will release a public beta of its free anti-malware software, now called Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly "Morro," next Tuesday for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Although Microsoft was vague about a final ship date -- saying only that it would wrap up sometime this year -- it was crystal clear that it will deny the program to PCs running counterfeit copies of Windows.
Microsoft pitched Security Essentials as a basic antivirus, antispyware program that boasts a simplistic interface and consumes less memory and disk space than commercial security suites like those from vendors such as Symantec and McAfee Inc.