

Even novices will understand most settings and never need to change them. The product also adds a “Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials” option to the right-click menu, although real-time protection will be adequate for most users.Ĭonfiguration is simple and the default options will be suitable for the majority of users.

Settings: configuration options for scheduled scans, real-time protection, excluded files or processes, and actions.History: shows a list of detected items and those which you have quarantined or permitted.Update: allows you to manually download virus signature updates (updates are downloaded automatically so this should rarely be required).Home: displays a summary of protection settings and allows you to start a full system scan.It may not be as pretty as competing products, but does an anti-virus package really need fancy graphics, theming options and other unnecessary widgets? Microsoft have used a standard Windows interface which gets the job done. It will be immediately familiar to anyone using Windows Defender: The main interface is clean and uncluttered.
