Viruses, spyware and other malicious software with no doubt harm the systems and stop you performing any task and it becomes difficult to remove these viruses especially for non-techie users. So, it’s always batter to avoid malware than searching for something to remove them. Microsoft has done a great deed for the welfare of Windows PCs.

Being released in September 2009, Microsoft Security Essentials became good support for Windows PC users and now its 4.0 version is released with the new features. Hence, this has been quite beneficial that runs on Windows Vista with SP1/SP2, Windows 7 and Windows XP with SP3.

Benefits of latest version

The beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials consists of the following features:

Protection Engine

A new protection or anti-malware engine has been added with enhanced detection capabilities and better performance.

Integrated Firewall

While setting up, you’ll be asked by Microsoft Security Essentials if you would like to turn Windows Firewall on or off.

Network Inspection System

Protection against network has been added to Microsoft Security Essentials. But this feature is not provided for Windows XP users as network inspection system requires WFP (Windows Filtering Platform) to run and WFP is not available in Windows XP.

Web-based Threat Protection Enhancement

Microsoft Security Essentials are integrated with Internet Explorer browser to provide protection against web based threats.

Third Party Microsoft Security Essentials Support

However, many third-party companies provide security support for Windows PCs. You can avail their Microsoft Security Essentials Support by contacting them online through phone, e-mail or chat. Also, they provide the services with different plans around the year 24/7 at comparatively low prices.

They provide you the facility of connecting with expert technician in order to tell your issue and resolve it. Some of the users may face Microsoft Security Essentials problems while downloading, which can be resolved with the help of third parties

So, if viruses have attacked your system then contact them and get support anytime. You may also encounter problems while doing Microsoft Security Essentials install and Microsoft Security Essentials update; then these issues will also be resolved by third-party support.

Though Microsoft also provides free support yet some factors like warranty period, cost are the barrier; and therefore people prefer grabbing third-party services.