microsoft security essentials

i just downloaded and installed microsoft security essentials beta for my only machine left running windows vista (all my other machines are running windows 7 rc). since i do not typically run anti-virus software because of the overhead normally associated with such software, i wanted to see how security essentials acted on my machine.

i have to say that i am very impressed with the simplistic way security essentials employs to keep my machine safe. it also appears that it is not eating up all my lappy’s resources while it is running (which is why i never ran anti-virus software before).

i am excited for this release and feel a bit safer since i know virus writers are becoming more and more clever on how they infect machines.