Bill,

That's correct. Windows Defender is a rebranded Security Essentials.

Steve

On 1/29/2015 2:35 PM, Bill Belew wrote:
> Steve, doesn't Microsoft now say that Windows Defender does the job in
> 8.1?
>
> Bill
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Clower
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:08 AM
> To: Ray Campbell ; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: antivirus and window eyes
>
> Ray,
>
> MSE is still being supported for Windows Vista and Windows 7, but you
> are right that it is no longer being maintained for Windows XP.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> On 1/29/2015 1:57 PM, Ray Campbell wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> I didn't think Microsoft Security Essentials was being supported
>> anymore. I
>> use Vipre and find it very accessible with Window-Eyes.
>>
>>
>> Ray Campbell
>> [email protected]
>> Skype Name: ray650315
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve Clower [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:59 AM
>> To: Amy Gordon; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: antivirus and window eyes
>>
>> Hello Amy,
>>
>> If you have a 64-bit machine, use
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC
>>
>> 28BD8/ENUS/amd64/MSEInstall.exe.
>> If you have a 32-bit computer, download and install
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC
>>
>> 28BD8/ENUS/x86/MSEInstall.exe.
>>
>> Note that if you are using Windows 8 or 8.1, it comes with Windows
>> Defender, which is essentially MSE with a different name.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 1/29/2015 6:51 AM, Amy Gordon wrote:
>>> I've heard Microsoft security essentials is the best antivirus to work
>>> with window eyes.  Where do you download it? Tried getting if off
>>> microsoft.com and didn't have success. There is so many ads in the
>>> download process wanting you to download other products. Thanks.
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