The antivirus will ask us what action we want to perform against the threat. Low: threat that can collect information about the computer and make changes on it.The antivirus asks what we want to do with that threat. Medium: threat that can have a negative effect on the computer and user's privacy.Anti-virus will attempt to delete the threat, without consulting the user. High: a threat that can affect user 's privacy and damage the system.The anti-virus will attempt to eliminate the threat without prompting the user. Maximum: potentially dangerous threat.If the anti-virus detects a malicious software, it warn us, and assign a level of alert to detected threat. At any time we will have the option of clicking on the “ Update” button to force the program to download the latest virus and spywares definitions. So we always will have fresh protection against viruses. In this case, this antivirus program automatically updates virus, malware and other threats database, without our intervention. The release of new viruses and variants of old ones, make it necessary to have an antivirus with the latest virus information, and also can be upgraded easily.

We can also run a scan: quick, full or custom. It will show when was the last virus scan, and when is scheduled the next scan. Once opened, it displays a screen where we can see a summary of the status of protection. To open the program, we can double-click on the icon in the task bar. This icon indicates the status of the computer protection, if it is green it means that PC is protected against threats. Once installed we will see a small icon on the right side of taskbar. Software's installation is quick and easy.

Can be used free for home users and small business (up to 10 computers). If we have installed the operating system, and your PC doesn't have any anti-virus, this software will be perfect for us because it's free and offers a basic protection for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Microsoft Security Essentials is presented as an effective solution to viruses, trojans, adware, spyware, and other malware.

Microsoft essentials windows 10 64 bit