Windows XP is no longer supported, and it’s likely that there will be problems discovered with it that will not be resolved. MSE will continue to receive anti-malware definition updates well into next year.Īnd apparently, MSE will continue to warn/nag you until you either get rid of it or upgrade Windows.Anything Windows XP specific in MSE will not be fixed.The Windows XP operating system isn’t supported.Remember, Microsoft did commit to providing malware database updates to XP-based security tools like MSE until well into next year (2015). In my opinion, the warnings have more to do with Windows XP than with Microsoft Security Essentials. And, to be completely honest, that’s the right thing to do. Remember the goal here: Microsoft wants you to stop using Windows XP. So what’s the deal? When supported doesn’t really mean supported Real-time protection is on and the virus database is up to date, but both statuses include explicit statements about “operating system support has ended.” That would imply that MSE is no longer supported. “Support for this operating system has ended, which means Microsoft Security Essentials is no longer supported and your PC is at risk.” If you open MSE and look carefully at what it’s saying, the messages displayed are clearly confusing. In fact, MSE is running quite normally and no infections have been found. In the past, the red icon was used to represent something actually being wrong – an infection that’s been found or the software’s inability to run.
“PC status: At risk” is the warning that’s now being displayed by Microsoft Security Essentials’ red notification area icon. But when you look at it more closely, it’s not really the big red flag that it sets out to be.Īfter taking the most recent and final round of updates to Windows XP, many people are seeing this: It turns out Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has one of those scary messages that seems exceptionally concerning.
With the end of support for Windows XP, Microsoft is taking an above-average number of approaches to scare people away from continuing to use it.
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