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Microsoft Security Essentials fails anti-virus security test

01/17, 6:09am

Security program manager challenges test results

Security Essentials, the anti-virus and anti-malware software supplied by Microsoft has failed in anti-virus certification tests. Out of 25 consumer antivirus programs tested by independent laboratory AV-Test in late 2012, only three failed to pass muster, with Microsoft Security Essentials 4.1 being joined by PC Tools Internet Security 2012 and AhnLab Internet Security 8.0.

Microsoft accidentally marks Google Chrome as malware

09/30, 2:50pm

Security suite removes browser app from computers

A new virus definitions update for Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) has inadvertently misidentified Google's Chrome browser app as containing a trojan and being a "severe" threat. MSE has been caught removing Chrome from users' computers. Microsoft has acknowledged the mis-categorization and issued a patch, but not before hundreds of users were forced to reinstall the browser on their computers.