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    Roughly one month prior to the release of Windows 7, Microsoft debuted its consumer antivirus and antispyware solution, Microsoft Security Essentials. This solution does not include a firewall which is understandable since Windows 7 does include one. Microsoft has a sketchy past with previous firewall incarnations that either left systems open for attack or did not provide the customization options that existed in commercial solutions. In this review I will take a closer look at the capabilities of Microsoft Security Essentials and the Windows 7 firewall. I will try to determine if the software giant has managed to stroll into the desktop security space as a solid contender.

    Download Microsoft Security Essentials here.

    First Impressions

    Microsoft Security Essentials is a very small download at just under 7 MB. The installation is rather uneventful, a simple Next, Next, Next, Finish straight forward approach. Thankfully a restart is not required for Microsoft Security Essentials to begin protecting your system. Immediately after installation you are presented with an option to do an initial scan and update of virus and spyware definitions. On my system the scan took less than 15 minutes to complete.

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    We’ve shown you how spyware gets on your computer and how to remove it with Spybot Search & Destroy. Now we show you another program from our arsenal called Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware we will be using their free version to remove some spyware and malware infections that maybe Spybot missed.

    First off, let’s head over to their website and download their free version. –>  Link Here

    Now the free version is only a removal tool for malware that is on your computer and it does not in itself prevent malware from infecting your computer. You can check out the paid version or Install Microsoft Security Essentials if your are on Vista or Windows7 or if your are on XP check out Avira to help prevent malware infections.

    Once you install it, it will check for updates.

    Then go ahead and “Perform a quick scan”

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    By default when you right-click your desktop to get to the Context Menu’s New folder, there is a lot of items you probably don’t use. Here we look at how to clean up the menu for faster access in creating a new folder.

    Creating a New Folder on the Desktop

    To create a new folder on the desktop Right-Click an empty area New \ Folder. The problem with this is there is a bunch of items in the list that you probably don’t even use and it takes longer to get to the Folder.

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    We updated the error page on http://LucasPC.com and here at http://Lucas719.info some of you might get a kick out of it.

    

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