Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Corp.’s new no-cost, core anti-malware service that helps protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software, will be available Tuesday, Sept. 29. Microsoft Security Essentials, independently certified by West Coast Labs, is backed by the company’s global security response team and is built on the same award-winning core security technology [...]

Recently, we reported the story on Microsoft’s plan to release free, anti-virus software, speculating that it would be codenamed “Morro”, well, the day has come, Tuesday June 26, 2009. Mark it on your calendars and get out the party hats. Contrary to our initial report though, the release name for the software will be  ”Microsoft [...]