Why are there redundant for Microsoft Security Essentials download sites?

Original title: Microsoft Security Essentials:

At the insistence of some other people on this community, I decided to start another thread for this exact same topic:

Why are there redundant for Microsoft Security Essentials download sites? I went on the first site in my search on the web:

http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=520

It looks pretty official to me, however, there is only one problem with the above site. Download options are way too vague for us lay people. After publication on the website of MS Community, I was quickly corrected on my ad which does not seem to be an idle thread and offered a link to download the instructions and frequently asked questions that did not work. Much later, I was offered another site to download with different language options and a more detailed description of download:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Security-Essentials-all-versions

Well, I have to ask the same question again, but in a different way: why society billions of dollars allows this kind of nonsense (multiple and various download sites on the web) occur under their name? Excuse me if I look a little frustrated on this problem, but I am!

Here's what the site was used initially. I still don't know which version to download for use on this site. The only distinction: "amd64" or "x 86". I don't know looking below that mean both.

Version:
Date of publication:

4.4.0304.0

10/11/2013
Name of the file:
File size:

ENUS\amd64\MSEInstall.exe

13.0 MB

ENUS\x86\MSEInstall.exe

10.6 MB

Download sites are for companies and technicians who need to deploy these.  Basically, the people who understand and who need these details.

For consumers (users of this community site), the printable page is simply microsoft.com/security_essentials

Here, you can easily get the version you need.

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