MSE Update Utility is a simple app that updates Microsoft Security Essentials when Windows Update is disabled. Windows Update service is responsible for frequently updating MSE. But once it is disabled via Group Policy Editor, MSE won’t update anymore.
Microsoft’s idea for merging the MSE update with Windows Update is perhaps the biggest downside of MSE and the only workaround until today was to manually grab the latest virus definitions. Since MSE virus definitions are updated almost daily, the manual route was quite tiresome. This is where MSE Update Utility comes in.
From the main window you can select the update intervals, there are four options given – Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Startup. I would recommend going for either Daily or let it remain the default(Startup).
By default it is checked to run on startup, you can always uncheck this option later. MSE Update Utility is not for everyone, but if you fall in any one of the category below then it will come surely handy:
- Users in corporate office environment where the network administrators have disabled the Windows Update.
- Those having difficulty updating MSE using Windows Update due to some problem.
- When Windows Update is disabled by a virus.
Note: This is the first stable release. If you would like to see some additional features, drop a comment below. It requires .Net Framework 3.x to run.
