MS’s side of the story
In recent press coverage, the value of using anti-malware products was brought into question. Here is our point of view and some facts.
At Microsoft, we always encourage our customers to use our anti-malware products to help protect them from online threats. We are highly confident in our AV engine and its ability to provide a high level of protection for consumers and large organizations alike. System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) and Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) share the same AV engine (as well as Windows Defender and Windows Intune). The most recent data highlighting our protection value, as well as how we measure the effectiveness of our engine each month, can be found here.
Microsoft is focused on providing great protection to our customers by prioritizing defense against the most prevalent malware and emerging threats; furthermore, we share our protection capabilities with our anti-malware partners. We believe a diverse anti-malware ecosystem ensures better protection of our global customers.
We are proud of the protection capability we provide, and are pleased with the significant adoption of SCEP and MSE with well over 100 million PCs around the world.
Jason Leznek
Director, Product Marketing
Microsoft