Microsoft has released its new security software and this software is available for free download in the Microsoft’s Security Essentials website. This software can be used as a basic protection against viruses, Trojans, root kits, and spyware. This is the second attempt by Microsoft in providing anti-virus software with the first one being the beta version of the Microsoft’s Security Essentials (MSE) software which has been codenamed as “Morro” and has been made available to the people from specific countries such as US, China, Brazil, and Israel. When Cliff Evans, head of the Microsoft Security and privacy in UK spoke, he said that this software will come as independent software and this won’t be covered by the Windows automatic updates or included in the operating system.

Evans added that most of the systems in UK are still not protected against malware and the launch is targeted to reduce this number and also he assured that this will turn out to be a success. The only restriction with this software is that, it can be used only with the genuine copy of Windows registered with Microsoft. This can be used with Windows XP, Vista and also can be used with the oncoming Windows7. The updates will be given to the users automatically from Microsoft regularly.