I managed to contact Holly Stewart, the person quoted in the original article, who pointed me at some recently posted official clarification. Should people using MSE today be concerned? I went to the source and contacted Microsoft directly for clarification. But even I know that just repeating and embellishing what others are saying about what others are saying isn’t the right way to approach something like this.
Now, I don’t call myself a “journalist” – I’m just a geek with a voice on the web trying to help people use their computers.
As the story was repeated, even more speculation was added and assumptions were made. Worse, the repetition included not only a couple of quotes without full context from a Microsoft spokesperson and also additional speculation by the author of that original piece. I’m also not changing what I use myself, which is MSE.Īs it turns out, the majority of the “journalism” on the topic over the past couple of weeks has simply been repeating a single source of information. Microsoft Security Essentials remains my recommendation for most people. To put it a different way, I’m not changing my recommendation. If you’ve been happy with it, you’re perfectly welcome to keep on using it as you have in the past. Passwords should be changed and it would be best to reformat/reinstall your operating system.No you don’t. If you have been contacted by telephone and were scammed into purchasing a program by the caller you should consider your computer and all information within to be compromised and should take the appropriate steps to protect your personal Microsoft Security Essentials – Installation Checklist and Frequently Asked Questions Recommend you thoroughly review the following paying close attention toĬommon issues that can affect MSE and items 1 and 2 under Frequently Asked Questions and General Concerns: The presence of Norton or another similar program will sometimes interfere with the use of MSE. If you have previously Norton on your computer you should uninstall it and use the Norton Removal Tool before using MSE or any other similar program. If so, you have evidently been scammed since MSE is a free program from Microsoft: May not have the needed protection after paying $350.00 for the coverage.Īm I understanding you to say that you paid a company $350.00 for Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE)? The online company that helped me said that I only need to run Microsoft and NOT Norton.
When I try to update my Microsoft security it says "connection failed." Is my computer protected with current updates and virus ware.
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