Microsoft’s free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today. AV-Test GmbH tested Microsoft Security Essentials, the free ...

Microsoft will make its Security Essentials PC security pack, which costs nothing to consumers, free of charge to small businesses as well. The package, which is the successor to the ill-fated OneCare ...

Following a four-month beta program, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 2.0 has been released. The new version significantly revamps the heuristic scanning engine, adds Windows Firewall integration ...

The beta of Microsoft’s latest update of its free Windows Live Essentials line of online applications — which Microsoft calls Wave 4 — was recently released to reviewers and beta testers; the final ...

A forthcoming -- and possibly final -- version of Windows Server Essentials is on tap from Microsoft later this year aimed at small businesses. "There is a strong possibility that this could be the ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to release a Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses sometime later this year, but it might the last Essentials edition it'll ship. "There is ...