Microsoft Security Essentials User Manual

How Big is the Malware Threat?......Page 2
How Computer Viruses Work......Page 3
How to Catch a Computer Virus......Page 4
Understanding Different Types of Computer Viruses......Page 6
How Spyware Works......Page 9
Adware: A Special Kind of Spyware......Page 10
How to Become Infected with Spyware......Page 11
Is Your Machine Infected?......Page 13
Computer Attacks......Page 14
Phishing and Identity Theft......Page 15
Microsoft Security Essentials: A History......Page 18
Getting to Know MSE......Page 21
Why MSE?......Page 22
How MSE Works......Page 24
Will MSE Work on Your System?......Page 26
Downloading and Installing MSE—for Free......Page 27
Using MSE......Page 28
Opening MSE......Page 29
Understanding the Status Level......Page 31
Navigating the Tabs......Page 32
Setting Up Automatic Scanning......Page 33
Determining Default Actions......Page 35
Using Real-Time Protection......Page 38
Excluding Locations, File Types, and Processes......Page 39
Excluding Locations......Page 40
Excluding File Types......Page 41
Excluding Processes......Page 42
Configuring Advanced Options......Page 44
Participating in Microsoft SpyNet......Page 46
Understanding Automatic Updates......Page 48
Updating Definitions Manually......Page 49
Updating the MSE Program......Page 50
Understanding Full Scans......Page 52
Performing a Manual Scan......Page 53
Performing Automatic Scans......Page 56
Alerting You to the Threat......Page 58
Choosing the Right Action......Page 60
Viewing Your Scanning History......Page 63
Restoring and Removing Quarantined Items......Page 64
Removing Previously Allowed Items......Page 65
Working the Windows 7 Action Center......Page 66
Scanning from Windows Explorer......Page 68
Running the Command Line Utility......Page 70
Performing a Scan......Page 71
Tracing MSE’s Actions......Page 72
Consolidating Log Files......Page 73
Fixing Problems......Page 74
Don’t Open Email Attachments......Page 75
Don’t Open Files Sent via Instant Messaging......Page 76
Don’t Download Files from Suspect Websites......Page 77
Display and Check File Extensions......Page 78
Avoiding Malware-Infested Websites......Page 82