What's going on with MSE? I downloaded and installed MSE Pre-release 4.2.216.0 last night - and this morning it was updated to 4.2.223.1. Yet here I read that 'stable' MSE 4.1.522 has now been updated to 4.2.223.1 This is the Pre-release - (isn't it?)
Another glance I noticed it still showing NIS Engine & Definition versions, but there is no toggling option for NIS anymore .. anywhere in settings.
Microsoft has said on the MSE connect forum that they are working on a pre-release program for Windows Defender, so hopefully that means they plan to update it.
I upgraded to pre-release version yesterday - only 'Turn on real time protection' now appears in Real Time Protection setting - the other 4 options, including NIS have vanished! Weird!
When I mentioned that NIS is still present in the prerelease version, I actually meant the technology/protection itself, and not the option in the GUI. Sorry for the confusion. During version 4 beta testing Microsoft removed a lot of options from the GUI, including the Default actions, which they introduced back after some users started to complain about it. Other options didn't have much luck, though. @ ALL Has anyone ever got UAC prompts for MSE? I have seen one or another, very sporadically. Considering that MSE runs a service, I wonder why these UAC prompts would appear in the first place? PS: I haven't ever click any setting in MSE that would require such permissions. So, if anything related to updates and the like, MSE's own service should take care of it without disturbing the user.
I believe there are admin options (such as enabling/disabling protection) that you may not want a standard user to be able to change, so those require UAC if I remember correctly.
That's true. But, the thing is I never clicked any of such settings, so there should be no prompts. In fact, in both of the situations I got prompts, I was nowhere near the GUI, which is what I'm finding odd. Unfortunately, UAC prompts aren't very informative, so not really sure what would have happened had I allowed the alerts. In both times I remember I answered 'No' and everything seemed to be OK. I'll see if it happens again, whenever it happens. Maybe it's some bug in the prerelease versions that makes UAC prompt the user sporadically?
That reminds me that it also prompts when there is a detection. I do not actually use MSE on my personal machines, but it is used at work. I prefer that it prompts, as I do not want the end users doing ANYTHING without getting me first. The few things that it has detected were false positives, and removing the files would have broken legitimate software.
Hi Microsoft Security Essentials 4.2.223.0 http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows/security-essentials-download http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29942&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=5201
So did I, I found one new setting. Under settings,advanced, "Send file samples automatically when further analysis is required"
I'm asking about the stable version that you get from the MSE webpage: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/security-essentials-download
Yeah, when I select English, I get a "file not found" error on all versions when I try to download..... So it's not just you.
Microsoft is working on the issue. See mseinstall_exe couldn't be downloaded In the interim RTM 2.2.223.0 is available at MS Download Center http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201 Same for Prerelease 2.2.223.0 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29942 Pay no attention to the version being listed as 4.2.223.1 Installer and product help both display 4.2.223.0
Hi all Microsoft Security Essentials 4.2 - Test with more links . ~~ YouTester link removed per policy ~~
