About: Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender

[plodr]

I had another thought about MS Security Essentials. Businesses, if they pay, can receive security patches for 3 years after January 2020 for Windows 7 computers, so perhaps MS will keep it alive for 3 years if businesses pay for support.

[Digerati]

Hard to tell since it is not included in W7. I note MSE is not even in the product lifecycle list.

If memory serves, Windows Defender on Windows 7 is an antimalware product only.

Ummm, no. That is not correct. WD on W7 is an anti-spyware only product. It is the old rebranded "Giant Antispyware" program MS bought from Giant Software, then rebranded it to Windows Defender and gave it away for free.

And yes, it is disabled when MSE is installed because MSE includes antispyware code, just as Windows/Microsoft Defender includes antispyware code for W8/W10.