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Microsoft pulls the plug on Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP

Posted on January 8, 2014 at 20:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

Sometime in December, somebody at MS decided that XP customers will no longer be able to download MSE.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Windows News Microsoft Security Essentials, MSE, Windows XP End of Life

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