This fall, Microsoft made a pretty big move, and released its own Antivirus software called Microsoft Security Essentials. And believe it or not, it’s actually pretty good! I guess no one knows Windows vulnerabilities like Microsoft. The best part of this is that it’s completely free, and I’m sure the competitors, at $60 a pop, are a little taken aback by this.

Personally, I think the free part is great, but also a necessity for Microsoft. If you are going to make a product with holes in it, then you should work at plugging those holes. Not to mention the giant target on the Operating System’s back due to the amount of market share it has. Why make a virus that infects only a small percent of the population when so many people can be hit by a Windows virus. Although, for you Mac users, there are viruses out there, and as more people move to a Mac, it will only get worse. The scary part of this is that most Mac users have that “There is no such thing as a virus for US, so I don’t even need internet security!”.

Tomorrow is your last day to pre-order Windows 7. If you are running Vista or XP, it’s about half off for the home version ($64). It’s definitely worth it if you’re sick of dealing with how slow and irritating Vista is. They have definitely improved on their last attempt, however, they really couldn’t get much worse.

Check out Best Buy, Future Shop, or your software dealer of choice to pre-order!

One thing to note is that they do recommend a clean install, which means that you will be starting from scratch. Although, sometimes cleaning up like that is a good thing.