Microsoft Security Essentials ranks among best antiviruses for Windows 7

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Updated onMarch 24, 2020

updated onMarch 24, 2020

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Windows 7 is still a beloved version of Microsoft’s operating system with many companies still showing interest as well as a huge market share of Windows users that still show love to the now outdated operating system.

Using an outdated version of an operating system can present massivesecurityrisks, so many are wondering what the bestantivirussolutions forWindows 7are. Luckily, the answer is now here thanks to research by AV-TEST, asecuritycompany from Germany, who determined the bestantivirussolutions as of January and February of 2017.

The research featured multiple tests and a system which awardedantivirussuites points that competed based on theperformancegiven in various categories. When it came to overallperformance, protection, and usability, the top scorers were from well-known such asKasperskyorBitdefender. Other software, such asSymantecand Trend MicroSolutions, were also present and scored among the highest.

It was a significant challenge

The test was no walk in the park for the competing software solutions as it consisted of scanning a huge amount of files — 1.3 million to be exact — and dealing with a very large number of malware threats. In total, there were a total of 11,500 malware attacks directed at the competingsecurityproducts with 19 competitors in total.

Great results got Microsoft some props

Microsoft managed to distinguish itself not by topping the charts on these tests but by doing well enough to demonstrate that it’s not offering what everybody thinks is a generic protection solution in the form ofSecurity Essentials. Microsoft’s performance isn’t something to be casually pushed aside: the company managed to challenge established security solution providers such asAVG, Avast, orAvira, something that is quite an accomplishment and clearly shows that Microsoft has put a lot of focus and effort into its security suite.

The latest updates that came to Windows 10, as well as its upcoming ones, are part of a grand transformation put into motion by Microsoft that considerably boosts areas of the OS that were previously neglected.

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