Microsoft Security Essentials 2 (MSE v2.0.657.0) Direct Download Links

After few months in technical preview stage, Microsoft has finally updated its second version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) from beta status to final version. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free anti-virus and anti-spyware solution that provides protection against different types of malware such as computer virus, spyware, rootkits and trojan horses for end users and home businesses. This released has been included lot of features and enhancements such as heuristic scan engine, network intrusion detection, integrated Windows firewall management and etc. to improve security protection for computer.

New features of the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) v2 includes:

• Network inspection system – Protection against network-based exploits is now built in to Microsoft Security Essentials.
• Windows Firewall integration – During setup, Microsoft Security Essentials will now ask if you would like to turn the Windows Firewall on or off.
• Enhanced protection for web-based threats – Microsoft Security Essentials now integrates with Internet Explorer to provide protection against web-based threats.
• New protection engine – The updated anti-malware engine offers enhanced detection and cleanup capabilities with better performance.

The Microsoft Security Essentials 2 is now available as a free download from MSE official homepage or Microsoft Download Center with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions available for genuine Windows users. Alternatively, just download from Microsoft Security Essentials 2 with the following direct download links:
Download Microsoft Security Essentials v2.0.657.0 - 64-bit English (x64): mseinstall.exe
Download Microsoft Security Essentials v2.0.657.0 - 32-bit Engligh (x86): mseinstall.exe
Microsoft Security Essentials supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and reportedly can also be installed on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.