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Submitted by fanze100 173d ago | news

Microsoft Security Essentials Flunks AV-TEST, Loses Certification

Maximum PC: "Microsoft Security Essentials has done it again. For the second time since its inception, the free antivirus software from Microsoft finds itself without German security and antivirus research outfit AV-TEST’s seal of approval, having failed in the latest of the firm’s bimonthly certification tests." (Microsoft, Microsoft Security Essentials, Software)

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2pacalypsenow  +   173d ago
blee
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Captain Tuttle  +   173d ago
Well that's not good
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gaffyh  +   173d ago
Let's be honest, it's a bi-monthly test, and it only failed it twice since it was created. So it's not too bad.
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Enigma_2099  +   172d ago
It's a free product, so I doubt they really care.
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