Extra than a couple of testers who;ve downloaded the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta create on June 23 have observed that it's an older release than the 1 that leaked to the Web more than the previous week or so.The beta released today of MSE,
Microsoft Office 2007 Key, the cost-free Microsoft antivirus/anti-malware item previously codenamed “Morro,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional,” is develop 1.0.1407.00. The construct of MSE that was available on torrents last week was 1.0.2140.0.I asked Microsoft why the “new” beta is a build older than the 1 that leaked. A spokesperson sent the following response:“The Microsoft Safety Essentials Beta develop one.0.1407.00 available to consumers in the U.S., Brazil,
Office Professional 2010, and Israel at www.microsoft.com/security_essentials is the most current version available for public download. An earlier leaked develop was derived from the core Microsoft Safety Essentials code and will be used for further testing, however this branch does not represent the newest beta code available to users.” (Note: The spokesperson means the newest officially sanctioned test release, as the construct last week is, indeed, more recent.)Some testers who downloaded the leaked MSE said they were unable to download these days;s MSE beta,
Windows 7 Ultimate Key, and were receiving messages telling them they had a far more recent MSE test develop already on their systems. Microsoft is advising those testers to uninstall the more recent,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, “unauthorized” develop if they want to download the sanctioned beta build.I also have heard from a tester who said there is a way around the country-limitation Microsoft has imposed on the MSE beta.Technically, the MSE beta is supposed to be downloadable only by testers in the U.S., Brazil and Israel (with China to be added to the list of supported test countries soon). But one reader in the Netherlands notes he was able to get the bits using a browser other than Online Explorer. (He had success getting the MSE bits using Chrome and Firefox, as screen shots on his Web site show.)I;ve asked Microsoft about this loophole. No word back so far.Testers: What else have you discovered so far about MSE?