Is there a way to disable the tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials?

Question

It's running in the background, and seems to be working fine, but is there a way to disable its system tray icon so I don't have to see it down there unless it's detecting something going awry?

Solution

Right click on empty part of systray choose "Customize Notifications" Change the behavior of Current Item (Computer Status Protected) to "Always Hide"

This will hide the tray icon permanently.

Comments

[sblair]

possible duplicate of Remove the Microsoft Security Essentials icon

[Ian Boyd]

That doesn't actually hide the icon; it just moves it to the "overflow" area. i'm still hunting for a way to remove it completely.