Will MSE Work on Your System?

MSE sounds like a great deal—quality malware protection from a reputable company at zero cost. But can you run MSE on your system—and how do you get it?

Caution

Your version of Windows needs to be an official one—validated by Microsoft. If you’re running a bootleg copy of Windows, MSE won’t install; it checks for the Windows validation before it completes the installation routine.

Let’s start by examining MSE’s system requirements—what you need in order to run MSE.

First, you have to be running a recent version of Windows on your PC. (MSE isn’t for Mac users, sorry.) By recent, that means Windows XP (with Service Pack 2 or 3 installed), Windows Vista, or Windows 7. If you’re running an older version of ...

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