Screensaver scans your PC using Microsoft Security Essentials

I had written about Disk Defrag screensaver for Windows PC which was a great utility to utilize PC's idle time to defrag the disks. Similarly DevianArt has come up with a Screensaver which scans your machines for malware and viruses when the screensaver runs. It uses Microsoft's excellent tool Security Essentials to run the scan.

The screensaver has two modes: Graphical and Non-Graphical. In Graphical mode a Microsoft Security Essentials logo is displayed on the screen whereas in Non-Graphical mode a blank screen is displayed when the screensaver runs.

You need Microsoft Security Essentials installed as a pre-requisite to make this screensaver work. Microsoft Security Essentials is a freeware from Microsoft and can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

Click here to download the screensaver

The ZIP file contains Security Screensaver.scr (Graphical) and Security Screensaver NG.scr (Non-Graphical)  files. Just right click any one of the files depending on your choice and click Install to get the screensaver started.

Conclusion
This is a great Utility to utilize machine's idle time to get it scanned for Viruses and Malware. Today, everyone is mostly connected to internet increasing the chances of affecting with viruses and malwares and this kind of utilities are real help to protect machine from viruses and malwares.