I have heard the MS-Update for Windows has become a bloaded hog too.
And their MSE just adds to that.
FWIW: I don't think anyone mentioned that FireFox 3.6+ is out.
It might be a good idea to get away from the old 3.5 series.
(Asking it to look for updates ONLY checks the 3.5 version it is now.)

Rick Glazier

From: "David Farrington" 
>  Microsoft Security Essentials is the name. I would not recommend this 
> product for XP machines that have 512 mb ram or less. 

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