Microsoft Security Essentials Antivirus seems to rarely throw off a false positive about a file or program, meaning, saying that a file or program has a virus or some other malware when it really doesn't. It does happen once in a while though and below are complete step by step instructions for correcting Microsoft Security Essentials so it allows the falsely flagged app to run without problems in the future.

  1. In the Windows system tray, locate and double click on the icon for Microsoft Security Essentials to make the programs interface visible.
  2. Locate the Settings tab and click on it.
  3. To the left, locate the list item with the text Exluded files and Locations and click it to select it.
  4. On the right side of the software click the ...