{"id":32279,"date":"2019-12-13T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e9adc588-7db3-4bf3-a984-9fdd5ef226dd"},"modified":"2019-12-13T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T02:21:00","slug":"microsoft-security-essentials-updates-not-included-in-windows-7-esu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-security-essentials-updates-not-included-in-windows-7-esu\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Security Essentials updates not included in Windows 7 ESU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/12\/12\/018036a1-0ce9-4ea2-8c71-714f0ab0da12\/microsoft-security-essentials.png\" class alt=\"microsoft-security-essentials.png\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once Windows 7 reaches end-of-support (EOS) on January 14, 2020, Microsoft will also stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p>Companies who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-much-will-staying-patched-on-windows-7-cost-you-heres-the-price-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purchase Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU)<\/a> will not receive special treatment, and they&#8217;ll have to switch their antivirus app.<\/p>\n<p>ESU is a special program through which companies can sign up and pay to receive additional Windows 7 security updates, past January 14, 2020, for an additional three years [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/how-much-will-staying-patched-on-windows-7-cost-you-heres-the-price-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-to-make-windows-7-extended-security-updates-available-to-all-business-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4527878\/faq-about-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"externalLink\">an ESU FAQ<\/a> page published earlier this month, Microsoft said it has no plans to continue supporting MSE as part of ESU.<\/p>\n<p>We were told the reason is that MSE was never included with Windows 7, and is not considered a core OS component.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/17150\/windows-7-what-is-microsoft-security-essentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"externalLink\">MSE<\/a> is a free antivirus program that Microsoft has made available to its users since Windows XP, but MSE was always provided as a separate download.<\/p>\n<p>MSE was gradually phased out as Microsoft started shipping Windows Defender as the default antivirus in Windows 8, and later.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" 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