Authors: GGarza

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According to a Microsoft Blog Post, testers are needed for the next version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE)

Microsoft Security Essentials is available for small businesses with up to 10 PCs. If your business has more than 10 PCs, you can protect them with Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection.

What is Forefront Endpoint Protection

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 allows you to consolidate desktop security and management in a single solution, because it is built on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and R3. This allows customers to use their existing client management infrastructure to deploy and manage endpoint protection. This shared infrastructure lowers ownership costs while providing improved visibility and control over endpoint management and security.

The Beta version of Security Essentials

The beta will be limited, i.e. it will not be available for everyone to test, and is not yet available, but will be some time before the end of the year. There’s no word as to when the final version of the next release of MSE will be available.

MSE is Microsoft’s free anti-malware/anti-virus product that is based on the same engine that its paid Forefront Endpoint Security product uses.

What will the new version of MSE contain?

Here are some of the expected new features.

• Automatic malware remediation: there will be automatic cleaning of high-impact malware infections. No required user interaction will be necessary
• Enhanced performance: There will be many performance improvements of the security software to make sure it doesn’t impact negatively PC performance
• Simplified UI: Also the interface of the beta easier to use.
• New and improved protection engine: The updated engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities.

Who can get MSE?
Microsoft intends for MSE to be available to users who either can’t or won’t pay for antivirus/anti-malware software. Registration is not required and there are no trials with an expiration date or required renewals. However, Microsoft, in the past at least, has restricted the MSE download, both the beta and final versions, to PCs running a copy of Genuine Windows; pirated version of Windows will not be able to download of MSE.

To register for the  Beta Testers program see Microsoft Security Essentials beta registration opens

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