Microsoft Security Essentials GETS BIGGER!!
Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus application has made
the biggest gains in users this year. More and more consumers download and use
the free Anti virus program than any other Antivirus provider. Why not it’s
free isn’t it and being a part of Microsoft which created Security Essentials
has put out a usage report as of March 2012. It’s a program that is
non-intrusive and lightweight on resources. Because of the automatic updating
(via Windows Update) and being essentially "set it and forget it," it
has garnered quite the following from tech enthusiasts that use it on their
computers along with a bit of common sense for being safe while surfing on the
internet.
OPSWAT, a company founded in 2002 has put out the
percentages for the use of Security Essentials comparing to other big name
Anti-Virus competition, which states it in the top 4% worldwide usage and the
2% US
Worldwide Vendor Market Share - March 2012
|
|
Vendor
|
Market Share
|
AVAST Software
|
16.26%
|
AVIRA GMBH
|
11.65%
|
AVG Technologies
|
10.96%
|
Microsoft Corporation
|
10.08%
|
ESET Software
|
10.06%
|
Symantec Corporation
|
9.97%
|
Kaspersky Labs
|
7.75%
|
McAfee Incorporated
|
4.74%
|
Panda Software
|
3.77%
|
Trend Micro, Incorporated
|
2.22%
|
Others
|
12.54%
|
North American Vendor Market Share - March 2012
|
|
Vendor
|
Market Share
|
Symantec Corporation
|
16.09%
|
Microsoft Corporation
|
14.92%
|
AVG Technologies
|
13.22%
|
AVAST Software
|
11.96%
|
ESET Software
|
7.06%
|
McAfee Incorporated
|
6.76%
|
AVIRA GMBH
|
4.41%
|
Kaspersky Labs
|
4.03%
|
Panda Software
|
3.49%
|
Trend Micro Incorporated
|
3.10%
|
Others
|
14.96%
|
OPSWAT states that the free offerings continue to
dominate the charts with the most number of installations and market share.
While paid offerings of protection for Anti-Virus programs continues to decline
free offerings from Microsoft, AVG, Ect continue to succeed and dominate,
ultimately Microsoft due to having the advantage for pushing Security
Essentials through their Windows Update platform. And for me in my opinion I agree
why pay for protection get it for free through Microsoft! If you have a Windows
based PC then I suggest for you to stop paying for a monthly service
subscription for Anti-virus protection. Microsoft Security Essentials is a
perfect light, easy to use, powerful program which can help protect you from a
virus and costs you Nothing! I’m not a spokesman for Microsoft at all (Even
though I should be Call them for me!) but I respect their devotion in this free
product and suggest downloading it from this link below:
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