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Microsoft Security Essentials is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 23, 2012.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 19, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
October 5, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
May 18, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
July 14, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 20, 2012	Featured article candidate	Promoted
October 23, 2012	Featured article review	Kept
August 10, 2024	Featured article review	Demoted
Current status: Former featured article

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