microsoft security essentials windows 7 64 bit download

I have been using Security Essentials for last couple years, and it seems to not require resources that interrupt music production. PC is connected via WiFi external adapter. The PC is offline for music work, however, I do connect to the web temporarily for downloading updates, new product trials, etc. I have a PC (Win7-64) used exclusively for home music studio work, which requires a low overhead and minimal operating system 'interruptions' which could impact music production. Three stars only because it does not leave my laptop panting for breath.Since Microsoft is dropping updates/support for MS Sec Essentials on Win7 platform. In addition I run Malwarebytes scan every week to double check on these two. This gives me additional protection of sand-boxing, as well as a secondary AV (Comodo AV detection is built in), and there has been no infection in the last 4 years that I am using my Pentium based laptop with Win7. I also have Comodo firewall installed, with Defence+ turned ON. I still use MSE as my primary AV, as I find substantial slowing down of my old laptop with either of the other AVs. My personal suggestion is to use AVG or Avast if you need free protection, and have a fast enough PC/laptop with Core i3 or better. Apparently MS is on a self destructive path, as you can see from the quality of their AV product and the terms they are imposing on potential users of MS office today. Microsoft claims that the AV tests are not realistic, as the tests use sample viruses, which have infected only a very small fraction of the total number of PCs running Windows. It also requires manual updation, as the automatic update never works.

MSE today lags behind almost every other AV in virus detection, as mentioned by some of the guys here.

Microsoft security essentials windows 7 64 bit download