If you were not the first 75000 to join the beta it has been closed and not accepting additional participants. Here is what you see on the site. 

Alert!

Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft® Security Essentials Beta. We are not accepting additional participants at this time. Please check back at later a date for possible additional availability.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

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